Monday, May 4, 2015

Craig Counsell hired as Brewers manager after 7-18 start (Yahoo Sports)

Milwaukee Brewers new manager Craig Counsell shakes hands with general manager Doug Melvin at a baseball news conference Monday, May 4, 2015, in Milwaukee. Counsell replaces manager Ron Roenicke who was fired on Sunday. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Craig Counsell enjoyed a solid but unspectacular major league career, hitting .255 over 16 seasons. ''It's an honor, and it's humbling, but I feel like this is what I was meant to do,'' Counsell said at a news conference Monday after his hiring to replace Ron Roenicke as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. ''I think I'll be better at this than I was at playing.'' Counsell, a 44-year-old Milwaukee native, spent the final five seasons of his career with the Brewers, retiring after the 2011 season. This opportunity is the one, and it's the rarest.'' A major league-worst 7-18, the Brewers lost 40 of their final 56 games under Roenicke, who was fired Sunday night despite a contract running through 2016.




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