Craig Counsell is grateful for Ryne Sandberg spending time around the team (Hour 2)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by Cubs manager Craig Counsell to reflect on the legacy of Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg, who passed away Monday at 65. After that, Spiegel and Holmes opened up the phone lines for Score callers to share their favorite memories of Sandberg.

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0:00.0	Manager number 11, Craig Counsel.
0:05.1	Craig Counsel, manager for your Chicago Cubs.
0:08.1	Just joining us, delivered the news, the passing Cub great Ryan Sanber.
0:15.0	He passed away at his home earlier today at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer.
0:21.8	You know, we get a chance to interact with him,
0:24.2	broadcast with him, and then obviously seeing him around the ballpark.
0:29.0	The other thing was you got to see him around spring training.
0:32.0	A fun sense of humor.
0:34.6	He and Rick Sutcliffe loved to play with each other this spring rhino you know
0:41.0	Sut doesn't always land the plane right and Rhino told a bunch of the coaches and he had
0:46.5	Craig counsel belly laughing he said if you're cornered by Rick Sutcliffe and he's just talking too much, just yell Geronimo,
0:57.8	and I'll come and I'll rescue you.
1:00.7	And just had that way about him.
1:03.7	And the other component was just everybody wanted to be around him.
1:07.9	Craig Counsel with Spiegel and Holmes on 670 the score.
1:12.6	I think Boog was right on in talking about Rhino, and we have been discussing it a lot here over the last hour of the show.
1:21.2	And we had a beautiful conversation with Nico Horner about it.
1:24.2	Barry Rosner is going to be on the show today.
1:26.0	Andre Dawson is going to be on the show today. Andre Dawson is going to be on the show today.
1:28.4	And Bob Costas is going to be on the show today. Right now, Cubs manager Craig Counsel, joins us on the
1:35.0	Circaresort and Casino hotline, circle las Vegas.com. Craig, thank you very much for joining us. There's
1:41.1	baseball to discuss, but I know that you were asked quite a bit yesterday about
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