If you’re a postseason regular, you know how this postseason has started with head-scratching pitching decisions from managers. First, Aaron Boone caught heat for pulling Max Fried too early in Game 1 against the Red Sox, and now it’s Craig Counsell under fire with the Cubs. He rolled the dice by letting Shota Imanaga close things out, and it backfired in the same way it did for the Yankees.

And what stings for the Cubs is that the situation was set up perfectly in their favor. They had already taken Game 1 with clutch back-to-back homers from Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly, putting them just one win away from advancing to the NLDS against division rival Milwaukee. Instead, they let the Padres force a winner-take-all Game 3. Now, with all the criticism swirling, Counsell has spoken up abou

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