Ian Happ got the 2018 season started with a bang.
The Chicago Cubs new leadoff man hit a home run on the very first pitch of the 2018 season Thursday afternoon in Miami. It was not only the first pitch of the Cubs-Miami Marlins game but of the entire MLB season.
Watch as Happ takes Marlins’ starter Jose Urena deep:
Let's settle in and enjoy the first pitch of the 2018 @MLB seaso– pic.twitter.com/VdNov3BeTx
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 29, 2018
The Cubs and Marlins are beginning a four-game series to open up the new season. Jon Lester got the start for the Cubs who are looking to win the NL Central Division for the third-straight season.
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