Chicago Cubs player Ian Happ rewarded some attendees at Wrigley Field as part of an ongoing tradition of supporting loyal fans.
The Cubs lost 3-0 to the Cincinnati Reds in the final game of the season, finishing with 83 wins and 79 losses, missing out on the playoffs for the fourth straight year.
But Happ's goal is to pay it forward to the usually rowdy Cubs fan sitting in the left-field seats behind him.
According to a fan's Instagram postHapp handed out a signed ball in the stands that read, “Thank you for your support during the season! Beer for the left fielders!”
The ball was wrapped in three $100 bills.
”[Ian Happ] Took a few bucks and threw this ball at us to buy drinks for our section for the last game of the year! What a guy! Cheers, Ian! ” wrote a fan.
“He does this every year, he's a legend,” a fan admitted online.
In fact, Hap has made this his tradition. block club chicago Luckily for fans, after offering $100 in 2023, Hupp tripled the budget for 2024.
The fan who received the ball both years is a famous superfan named Jeff Gorski. He describes himself as “the guy who's always there.” [left field] At Wrigley. ”
Gorski said last year that Happ acknowledged him and his team during games, asked his opinion on replays and joked with him during late points in games.
“It’s humanizing,” Gorski added. “We're all human beings here and we all want the same thing, and that's for the Cubs to win.”
Goksi also called Hupp an “absolute class act” in the post. ×.
But not everyone was impressed with the two-time Gold Glove winner's gesture.
One fan said, “It was very kind of him to buy six beers for a left-wing fan.'' ridiculed.
“What can you buy for $300, 25 beers at Wrigley?” said a second person. suspect.
“He's secretly showing that he has money,” says another. I wrote.
Despite the ridicule, fans were definitely there for Happ and the Cubs this year. Despite the Cubs' average win-loss record, fans showed up in droves, giving the team an average attendance of 35,922, the sixth highest in all of Major League Baseball.
The Cubs were joined by the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers drew an average of 48,657 fans, by far the largest crowd of the year.
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