Ian Happ reacts to Anthony Rizzo's scouting report of him

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What insights does Ian Happ share about the Cubs' recent performance?

Marshall Harris 0:00

The talent that's here and the talent that is continuing to develop here. We obviously have some mainstay guys like Ian Happ.

Unknown 0:08

in half. Cubs all-star outfielder. And I've seen a lot of guys play the outfield, but I think he's the best left fielder that we've ever seen in a Cub uniform. And I've been here 31 years. When all is said and done, he's going to be one of those guys that Cub fans are going to look back and say, man, he was a really good player. Good, solid big league player. Gold Glove Award winner. Ian swinging a drive. Right field and deep. Back goes Walker. It's got a chance.

0:37

Gone.

Unknown 0:37

Three-run homer Ian Happ. Now the 4th of July is still several weeks away, but Ian Happ is as hot as a firecracker right now.

Marshall Harris 0:48

Host of the Compound Podcast. See a little clip of me finishing with two hands, maybe hitting a homer 500 feet? I don't want to freak you out, but I've been doing it a little bit in practice.

Unknown 0:56

Connect Roasters coffee enthusiast. Here's a man that probably has five fresh pots a day. On 104.3 The Score. We toast you, Ian Happ.

Leila Rahimi 1:07

We have Ian Happ on every week, the Cubs outfielder, and our segment with Ian is sponsored by Hattie B's Hot Chicken. Born in Nashville, breaded in Wrigleyville, he also hosts the Compound Podcast, which is now part of Odyssey Sports. New episodes drop each Wednesday with the latest discussion on the Cubs and baseball. Download and listen on the Odyssey app or wherever. You get your podcast. Ian Happ coming off of a rare travel schedule. Is it a partial win when you got the night game on Sunday, but then you have a, you know, it's still in St. Louis at least, and then you got somewhat of an off day yesterday before home series?

Ian Happ 1:43

Yeah, you know, that's one of the great things about playing for the Cubs is that you're going to get some Sunday night baseball as we go back-to-back. We'll get Sunday night baseball again this Sunday against San Fran. So, part of being a Cubby, and it's nice to have a little off the yesterday to reset.

Leila Rahimi 2:00

Ian, I think we're having some issues with your connection. The audio seems to be popping a little bit, so we might try to have you reconnect, and we're going to work on it for a second. So while we're trying to fix Ian Happ's connection, because it seems to be a little bit off, I've always heard, Marshall, that one of the nice parts about playing in the NL Central, and this was prior to the balanced schedule, was that out of the travel, it was probably the least in the league as far as travel time, miles in the air, and the time it took to just go from one team to another.

Unknown 2:35

Oh, no, you're good with Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and, of course, Milwaukee. Real short, John, for the Cubs. It's nicely centrally located, as all things in the NL Central should be.

Leila Rahimi 2:47

But actually centrally. as opposed to, say, a team that's in a central division, but they played in the West, for example. Or, you know, the NL West, you're still traveling quite a bit just because of the length of the coast.

Unknown 3:01

Geography is a tricky thing. But I will say this about Ian before we get him back on. That man was on a tear heading into that Sunday night game. Four straight multi-hit games. He's doing pretty well.

Leila Rahimi 3:16

Ian, what do you say? We actually, I think we worked on your connection. So we talked about the olden days of the unbalanced schedule and the travel load in the NL Central being the jackpot for players. And then also you hitting well. Do you have thoughts on either?

Ian Happ 3:32

Uh, yeah, I mean, I just talking to guys, you know, obviously I've only known the central, but just talking to guys who have come over from different places, like our travel is, it's better than, you know, anywhere else we have, we get to play in the middle of the country. You know, you have, when you play in a division, everything's like an hour or so it's tough to be. Um, but we have, you know, this, this year, just the night getaways and getting home late. There's been a lot of that, but it could be a lot worse if we were on a coast.

3:59

Ian Happ 3:59

And yeah, it was a good week. I was hitting the ball pretty well.