SAN DIEGO – Manager Craig Counsell’s new team impressed him on a Sunday morning in the middle of spring training when he had the players run the bases.
“The effort level was no more than I expected,” Counsell said in a conversation with the Sun-Times, “and that was really cool for me.”
As subtle of an observation as it was, for Counsell – who has been in professional baseball for over 30 years, as a player, executive and manager – the drill was a reflection of the team leaders he’d inherited.
“There's a lot of attention to detail, baseball rats in the group,” Counsell said.