<p>ATLANTA — Sure, Braves manager Walt Weiss said while standing behind the batting cage in Truist Park Thursday afternoon. He remembers the first time he met <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a> manager Craig Counsell.</p><p>Weiss was the Colorado Rockies starting shortstop. Counsell was the 11th-round draft pick out of Notre Dame, in his first big-league camp.

<p>ATLANTA — Hey, he’s new around here, so you can forgive <b>Alex Bregman </b>if this weekend’s Crosstown Series against the White Sox wasn’t top of mind.</p><p>The Cubs third baseman was momentarily puzzled when someone asked him, as a guy who had experienced Red Sox vs. Yankees and Astros against the world, what he thought of Chicago’s annual intramural exercise.</p><p>“What’s going on?’’ he said after the Cubs’ 2-0 win over the Braves before 36,367 in Truist Park ended their four-game losing spin. “Oh.