We get to talk with the Cubs manager a couple times a month, and it's always nice, and we do.

Craig Counsel joins us on the Circa Sports Illinois hotline.

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Joining us from Minneapolis, St. Paul, is Cubs Manager, Craig Counsel.

Hey, Craig, how you doing?

Good afternoon.

So that was two weeks ago.

Last time we talked to you, and I was fishing around looking for anxiety confirmation.

Got the old no.

And that was after two Cardinals losses.

Then you guys came back and won the next two games in St. Louis.

Now, I was looking at this, Craig.

After games where the Cubs score one or fewer runs, you guys are nine and three in the 12 games that follow that

and have scored an average of almost seven runs per game in those 12 games. What is it about this

bunch, you think, that shows an ability to bounce back from games like, say, last night in

Minnesota? Well, that's, games like, say, last night in Minnesota?

Well, that's, I mean, honestly, that's like kind of just fun with numbers.

I mean, it's, there's nothing.

I mean, I think this is a good baseball team, and I think it's, you know, you just try to be consistent, and you're going to have some bad nights.

Last night was a bad night.

And 162 games schedule, it's the way it works.

You know, your job is to, in baseball, you got, you know, Joe Madden was great at saying

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