MILWAUKEE -- Cole Hamels doesn't think Cubs-Brewers is a proper rivalry because Chicago fans packed Miller Park on Monday for his first taste of the neighboring teams' head-to-head matchups.
Brewers manager Craig Counsell's view? Whatever, man.
"I really look at, like, we're spending way too much time trying to classify rivalries," Counsell said Tuesday, after Hamels' comments in the wake of Milwaukee's 4-3 win in an instant classic that made the social media and talk radio rounds. "Like, enjoy the baseball games, man. I mean, home, road, I'm happy I'm in the building.