What a difference a day makes. The Cubs were booed off the field Monday night after one of their worst losses in a season that has already featured several of them. It was the 17th they came out on the wrong end of their 30 total one-run games and it came, of course, as a result of the bullpen blowing a late lead. Even accounting for all the injuries and unmet expectations, it’s hard to give Craig Counsell a free pass for his team’s struggles in tight games.
Where you do have to hand it to Counsell is that he’s maintained a very calm, consistent demeanor throughout the process.