“It’s time to be a Cub.” – Craig Counsell
The Cubs formally introduced Counsell as the team’s 56th manager this morning in a press conference that seemed surreal from the moment it started. Counsell, Jed Hoyer, and Carter Hawkins have very similar, process-oriented personalities and will work well together. The new manager lives in Whitefish Bay, a suburb just north of Milwaukee, and intends to remain a resident.
Counsell is now the game’s highest-paid manager and he took the job because he believes the Cubs are on the cusp of great things.