Craig Counsell, who is in his first year managing the Cubs after 18 seasons with the Brewers as a player and manager, was booed in his first return to Milwaukee.
Counsell, 53, was booed during a short video montage, which ended with a picture of him in a Brewers uniform. It happened again after his name was announced during starting lineups.
Brewers fans booed former manager Craig Counsell during a pregame video montage and again when his name was announced during starting lineups. Counsell was making his first visit to Milwaukee as manager of the Cubs. Counsell said he first began to have thoughts about moving on from the Brewers a couple years ago when his boss at the time, president of baseball operations David Stearns, stepped down.
"Life takes different turns," Counsell said."I don't want to plan out my life forever. I want to do things that challenge me, that excite me. You have to take the ride of life and see what happens. This is not something I necessarily expected to happen, but you have to jump on the ride and go."Counsell spent the final five seasons of his playing career in Milwaukee before eventually joining the front office and then becoming their manager in 2015.
"It's not my job to tell people how to feel about something or to even figure it out. Let people feel how they want to feel. I'm good with that. It doesn't have to be all positive. We're in a public job with fans. Fans can feel how they want to feel."
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