I cannot tell you how much joy I have with that picture of Ian Happ. First and foremost, I’m happy to see him get the proverbial monkey off of his back. Second, supposedly one of the things people are off put with him for is his lack of emotion. But there he is looking one really happy guy. I couldn’t be happier for him. That guy has been a good soldier for this team from the very beginning. From demotions to moving all over the diamond. He was a guy drafted as a bat-first primary second baseman and became a glove-first left fielder. He doesn’t have the flash of Pete Crow-Armstrong. But he has the dependability that you expect him to make all of the plays in left field. He also has a bat that has been above average every year of his career.

Thursday night had that feel all up and down the

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