MILWAUKEE — Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell was back behind his old mic Friday afternoon at American Family Field, returning to the room where he held daily news conferences.

“Look …” he would tell the Milwaukee Brewers reporters, followed by some words of wisdom about how hard baseball is or how his pitchers are all out-getters or whatever else was on his mind.

Counsell still has some of the same Counsellisms, but this time he’s back as the guy trying to ruin the Brewers’ dream season and put the Cubs into the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2017.

But being home again was not a topic Counsell wanted to entertain Friday when he met with the media on the eve of the best-of-five NL Division Series between the Cubs and Brewers.

“I think we’ve been over t

See Full Page