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MILWAUKEE — It was one thing for Cubs manager Craig Counsell to return to American Family Field for regular-season games the last two seasons.
It was quite another to go back to his longtime stomping grounds for Games 1 and 2 of a National League Division Series against the Brewers.
But a winner-take-all Game 5? One more ride up I-94 to face all that pressure, all those boos, all-out jubilation or all-encompassing despair? It had to hit different whether or not Counsell felt like playing along with the narrative.
“I’ve been thinking about this,” he said Friday.