MILWAUKEE (SPECTRUM NEWS) -- Brewers Manager Craig Counsell is waiting for word on if and when there will be a baseball season. In an interview for Spectrum News 1, Counsell talked about how he's spending his time.

“Well, there’s a lot less work. There’s no question about it. I think we’re looking forward to the day that we can get back into a clubhouse, the stadium, and do what we love to do. There’s less work no question. We’re helping kids do homework. We’re cooking more. Definitely a lot more family time but as far as the work part, it’s just staying in contact with our guys. Really, we’re watching the news a little bit and hopefully as we get a little bit more good news we can start some planning in earnest but we’re not quite there yet."

Counsell is used to the routine of going to the ballpark. Not these days.

“You definitely miss it and you miss the interaction with all the people at the ballpark is what you find out you miss a lot."

While players can work on staying physically fit, Counsell tries to stay ready in his own way.

“Well, not physically, that’s for sure but we know when we do come back…we all said it’s going to be different and there’s a new normal are the buzzwords we’ve used. I think it also means, there’s going to be some different rules for our game. There's going to be a different roster size. I think we know that for sure, different amount of games. A little bit, having conversations about how that’s going to effect some of the things we do is what you start to think about. Every question has an ‘if’ in front of it right now so you’ve got to be careful about how many rabbit holes you take yourself down in the preparations.”

Counsell has a clear message for a Brewers fan base hungry for baseball.

“We’re all in the same boat. We’re all missing baseball. From the fan who watches eighty games a year to one hundred sixty games a year to the one who goes out to Miller Park five games a year, to myself. We miss baseball and we miss the community that we share with baseball. I think we’re all hoping. We’re just trying to do our jobs to get baseball back. The thing that we should all understand is that everybody is trying as hard as they possibly can to get this thing back rolling. If it fails, it’s not going to be for a lack of trying. We’re trying really really hard but we have to exercise good judgement and listen to the people that know what they’re talking about. When we get the green light, we hope to put a great product on the field.”