Ian Happ

We're going to be all right.

And to be in this position and have a nine-game losing streak and still be a few games above 500 is just a testament to the baseball that we played previously.

We'll get it right and move it in the right direction.

You know, I think a day off is needed from time to time.

Just a mental break to watch nine innings.

But I think, you know, as a competitor, you want to be out there playing.

So to get back to back sometimes is tough.

But Counts has done it to me before.

It's something that he believes in.

definitely come back from it on the right side of that before so I understand it and I know kind of the process behind it it makes sense did you know did he say you're going to get two days off or was it day to day we'll see tomorrow or did you have a chance to push back at all

I didn't know right away, but kind of going into day two, kind of got the sense that that's what it was going to be.

So, you know, and understood.

I was available off the bench.

I was ready to come in and pinch hit in that game if I needed to.

And so, yeah, I was...

I was ready in game two.

It was just great to see him and talk to him and catch up.

We talk a lot, but to see him in person and in the ballpark was great.

He's the best at keeping it light and being able to provide some wisdom, but doing it in a...

a palatable and generally hilarious way.