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Tuesday 19 May 2015

Milwaukee Brewers manager MILLER
Craig Counsell scratches his TIME
head during the eighth inning
of a baseball game against Braves’ pitcher loses
the Los Angeles Dodgers no-no in the 9th,
Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in Mil- beats Marlins
waukee.
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Shelby
Associated Press Miller reacts after Miami Marlins Justin
Bour hit the first hit of the baseball game
For more for the Miami Marlins in the ninth inning on
skippers, Sunday, May 17, 2015.
no prior Associated Press
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experience
required

By GENARO C. ARMAS
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Craig
Counsell played 15 years
in the majors, scouted
and has worked with mi-
nor league players and
coaches. But he never
coached or managed in
the minors or majors before
taking over as Milwaukee’s
manager for Brewers gen-
eral manager Doug Mel-
vin.
Counsell is one of the lat-
est additions to a recent
crop of big league skippers
who are showing that prior
managerial experience
isn’t necessarily required.
“I’ve always said baseball,
we as an industry, we don’t
do a great job of necessar-
ily grooming guys,” Melvin
said. “It doesn’t happen
like it should sometimes.”

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