Thirteen months ago, Ian Happ sat in Chicago Cubs manager David Ross’ office at Dodger Stadium.
Ross had summoned Happ to break tough news. Happ’s offensive struggles no longer warranted him an everyday spot in the lineup. Consequently, Ross informed Happ he wasn’t going to play much in the Cubs’ series against the Dodgers. Instead, Happ, then hitting .182, would be used off the bench.
“I cried in his office,” Happ recalled Sunday. “And to have that come full circle from just being at that point to getting an opportunity those last two months of last year, riding that into this year and having this first half, I mean, baseball’s a wild ride.”
