John Antonoff/Sun-Times
MESA, Ariz. — During the last year of his 16-year playing career, Craig Counsell asked for advice.
Specifically, Counsell sought Joe Garagiola Jr., the general manager who resurrected his once-stagnant career with the Diamondbacks after he was released by the Dodgers with two weeks left in spring training in 2000.
Garagiola knew Counsell as a youth, and both were Notre Dame grads, but Garagiola provided favorable insight over a cup of coffee during the Brewers’ trip to Arizona.