Craig Counsell Net Worth: How Rich is the Chicago Cubs Manager?

Alright, let’s gab a bit about this fella, Craig Counsell. Folks keep askin’ ’bout how much he’s worth, ya know, his “net worth” as them city slickers call it. Don’t rightly know why everyone’s so nosy ’bout other people’s money, but hey, I ain’t one to judge.

Now, from what I hear, this Counsell fella, he’s been around baseball a good long while. Played it, managed it, seems like he’s done it all. Heard tell he even won somethin’ called the World Series back in ’97 with them Florida Marlins. Big deal, that was. Folks sayin’ he was a real hero, battin’ in runs and scorin’ the winnin’ run. Must’ve been somethin’ to see, I reckon.

And then there’s this managin’ business. He was over in Milwaukee with the Brewers for a spell. Nine years, they say. And wouldn’t ya know it, he took ‘em to the playoffs five times! That’s gotta count for somethin’, right? Shows he knows a thing or two ‘bout winnin’, that’s for sure. And winnin’ usually means more money, least that’s how it works in my experience sellin’ eggs.

But the real kicker, the thing that got everyone talkin’, is this new job he got with them Chicago Cubs. Heard they gave him a five-year deal, worth over 40 million dollars! Forty million! Can ya imagine? That’s more money than I’ll ever see in ten lifetimes, I tell ya. Makes him the highest-paid manager in all of baseball, or so they say. Highest paid! Imagine that.

• He played ball.
• He managed the Brewers.
• Now he manages the Cubs.
• He’s got a whole lotta money.

Now, I ain’t no financial whiz, but even I can figure out that 40 million dollars is a heap of cash. And that’s just the contract money. Who knows how much more he’s got stashed away from playin’ and those other managin’ gigs? Probably got enough to buy a whole town, if he wanted to. Wouldn’t that be somethin’? He wouldn’t have to worry about getting a good deal on chicken feed like the rest of us.

They say he’s 53 years old. Still a young fella, in my book. Got plenty of years left to make even more money, I reckon. If he keeps winnin’ games and takin’ teams to the playoffs, that money will just keep rollin’ in. It’s like a snowball goin’ downhill, gettin’ bigger and bigger with every turn. Good for him, I say. He earned it.

But let’s not forget, money ain’t everything. It can’t buy you happiness, or health, or good neighbors. But it sure can make life a whole lot easier, that’s for sure. And in this world, a little ease goes a long way. I just hope this fella Counsell, with all his millions, remembers where he came from and stays humble. That’s the most important thing, in my book. You can have all the money in the world, but if you ain’t got no kindness in your heart, you ain’t got nothin’ at all.

So, there ya have it. That’s the story on Craig Counsell’s net worth, as best as I can tell it. He’s a rich man, that’s for sure. But he’s also a baseball man, a winnin’ man, and hopefully, a good man. And that’s worth more than all the money in the world, if you ask me. But nobody ever does ask me, so I’ll just go back to tendin’ my chickens and mindin’ my own business. They sure need a lot of feed, I should probably find a good deal somewhere.

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