Ian Happ

And one of the exciting things about when you can keep a group together is just the experience growing together.

Getting to watch Pete and Michael Bush and some of these guys continue to develop and

And, you know, learn how to play a full season.

The big league has been really fun to watch.

So this group that we've had together for a little bit to continue to add pieces and grow together has been a lot of fun.

And our coaching staff, too, just consistency of that year over year has been great.

I think we have a group that loves playing, loves being at the field and talking baseball and being around it and thinking about the game.

That's a really fun thing to be around, especially when everybody shares those same characteristics.

But, you know, our identity last year

was just doing all the little things right obviously we play great defense you saw that we won the team gold glove which was a really special award but the attention to detail on the base running guys taking extra bases guys beating out balls in the infield you know to the next base to help out their teammate and keep rallies going just little things like that and and the awareness of the attention to detail of something the council really cares about and it's trickled down to the group so it's a fun brand of baseball um and it was a lot of fun to be a part of us

Yeah, he does a really good job of setting the tone on expectations and kind of what's important to him and should be important to the group.

A lot of that was kind of the base running that you saw last year and the attention to that.

It's one of the most controllable parts of the game, so really caring about that was a big part for Counts.

But I also think for anybody coming into an organization the first year, you're trying to get a feel for everything that's going on.

And then you saw in his second year just some changes, whether it's staff-wise or identity of the team-wise.

So it's been fun to have him get comfortable in Chicago and see his love for Wrigley Field and the fan base.

You get to see that for people over the course of a couple of years.

It's a pretty...

Pretty special place, and people get to experience it and see that all summer long.

It's really cool.