Craig Counsell

Craig John Counsell (born August 21, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers. He has played for the Brewers (two occasions), Arizona Diamondbacks (two occasions), Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Counsell grew up in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, and went to Whitefish Bay High School, where he played baseball. His father worked for the Milwaukee Brewers. He attended colleg... more

Craig John Counsell (born August 21, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers. He has played for the Brewers (two occasions), Arizona Diamondbacks (two occasions), Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Counsell grew up in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, and went to Whitefish Bay High School, where he played baseball. His father worked for the Milwaukee Brewers. He attended college at the University of Notre Dame. Counsell has also spent off-seasons coaching middle school basketball at University School of Milwaukee. He and his wife Michelle have 4 children, sons Brady and Jack and daughters Finley and Rowen. Counsell is particularly known for his unusual batting stance, where he points the bat straight up into the air as high as he can and moves it back and forth in an erratic fashion. While batting, almost his entire back is pointed towards the pitcher, though his feet remain perpendicular with the pitcher's mound.... less