Cubs manager Craig Counsell loses his cool after a bad baserunning drill
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Could you imagine Lovey Smith doing the whole good, better, best thing and saying bleep the Packers? Come on, guys. Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Never let it rest. I'll see you on Tuesday. Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. Apparently, there was a bit of gossip to chase down at Cubs camp yesterday. Is that what we're calling it? Gossip? Yeah, because it was Jesse Rogers who was like, oh boy, Craig Council just lit up his team. I don't think Jesse would ever say, oh boy. I really did add that. And that's how it starts, okay? One person reads something, then another person says something, and the next thing you know, the whole message is messed up.
I very much enjoyed the game telephone when I was in elementary school because it was wild what happened between kid one and kid 20. That's it. And that did not change by any means. In fact, dare I say it got worse as time has gone on, despite you being able to refer to people's stuff like a tweet, for example, on the actual post. That's not exactly how it's gone. So I'm going to scroll back and find it because it was here it is. I'm not sure I've ever heard Craig Council raise his voice, but he just gave it to his team during base running drills. In parentheses, they deserved it. This is about as hot gossip as you can get from spring training, as far as I see it. Normally it's like, oh, how did your PFP go?
What pitch are you working on? Did you let loose too many home runs when you were working on your seventh pitch today?
What caused Cubs manager Craig Counsell to lose his cool during practice?
Something along those lines, as we discussed earlier. But this, this needed further investigation. And I guess our own intrepid reporter, Bruce Levine, got to it, Ray, because the way you sold it was also pretty entertaining. That's right. Bruce Levine, as he does every day, joined Mully and Haw this morning, and he set the scene for how Cubs manager Craig Council reacted when things went wrong during that drill you referred to in Mesa. So, Ron Coomer and myself, Jesse Rogers, were watching base running drills yesterday. And most of the time, you know, it's just – it's eyewash. But this time, the Cubs were practicing tagging up, balls hit to the outfield, and then – the base runner deciding if they have to tag or go halfway and council totally lost it uh kevin alcantara was uh confused as to whether to tag or be halfway council went out and just let everybody had and said if if you don't know and he wasn't pointing to alcantara but to everybody
If you don't know how to run the bases by the time camp ends, you're not going to be on this team. Okay, so it was a very pointed, very... Hot moment for Craig Council, who's usually watching with the other coaches and just taking it all in. But he lost a lot of pacing. One thing about Craig Council, when he's upset, if you're a Cub fan, you're watching on TV, and you see him pacing in the dugout, it means he's really upset. And that's the only way he shows it. I love the body language tell there from Bruce. So now everybody, of course, is going to be seeing, hey, is Craig Stanton still in that dugout or is he moving? After anything big happens in the game all season long, that's what's about to happen.
How does gossip influence perceptions in sports teams?
I lost it when he said a lot of pacing. Like that's the only way you can tell is when he takes steps. I'm going to go ahead and just, this is my own assumption as well. When things were not going well in the playoffs, I saw Craig Council not have the hat on and was running his fingers through the hair. That's another tell. So if he's pacing and running his fingers through his hair. He got some height on that hair. Like, Craig Council's hair is impeccable, especially for somebody over the age of, I don't know, 35. And so when you consider that, and then how much height he can get on that hair, and the fact that it's still brown, despite his look of bewilderment or worry at times. Very impressive. But yeah, the hair.
Wasn't there one day where it was like full poof ball? Oh, it was nuts. It was a really like crazy looking hair day after a game.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–1:41
2
What caused Cubs manager Craig Counsell to lose his cool during practice?
1:41–3:42
3
How does gossip influence perceptions in sports teams?
3:42–5:24
4
What was the specific base running mistake that upset Craig Counsell?
5:24–12:33
5
How does Craig Counsell typically show his frustration?
12:33–16:08
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