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The Compound - MLB Player Podcast

Ian Happ, of the Chicago Cubs, and teammate Dakota Mekkes share their MLB experiences, baseball life, and interview guests on The Compound, part of Audacy Sports.

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55:26

The Polar Bear ships off to Baltimore and Free Agency...

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2025/12/17

We are running an audience survey to make sure we are best serving our listeners! Complete the survey here: ⁠tinyurl.com/thecompoundpod⁠Head to the Binny's at 290 Hawthorn Village Commons in Vernon Hills to get your Parce this week! On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss the exodus out of the Mets in New York, with Pete Alonso being the latest Met to leave. Plus, Kenley Jansen, Merrill Kelly and others sign BIG free agent deals! Check out full video

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57:15

The Winter Meetings are here, and so are the Big Moves!

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2025/12/10

We are running an audience survey to make sure we are best serving our listeners! Complete the survey here: tinyurl.com/thecompoundpodHead to the Binny's at 290 Hawthorn Village Commons in Vernon Hills to get your Parce this week! On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss the big moves coming out of the Winter Meetings, including Kyle Schwarber staying in Philly and Edwin Diaz to LA. Plus, will Mike Trout be on Team USA for the WBC and the AL East is making

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62:43

Cease Gets a Monster Deal, Plus the Future of College...

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2025/12/03

Head to the Binny's at 790 Royal St. George Dr in Naperville to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss former Cubs farmhand Dylan Cease's big 210 million dollar deal with the Blue Jays. After that, they discuss how college athletics have evolved since Ian and Dakota were in college. Check out full

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54:50

How Players Physically Prepare for 162 Games,...

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2025/11/26

Head to the Binny's at 790 Royal St. George Dr in Naperville to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys welcome Ian's Postural Therapist Tyler Skovron on to the show. Ian works with Tyler every single day during the season to get his body ready to play in the games, and Tyler has a unique perspective on how

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52:56

Shota Stays a Cub, a Live Reaction! Plus, Early Free...

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2025/11/19

Head to the Binny's at 790 Royal St. George Dr in Naperville to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys welcome back Ian from New York and discuss the Cubs team gold glove win and Kyle Hendricks retirement. After that, we get a live reaction to Shota Imanaga accepting the qualifying offer and returning to the

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60:23

Zack Short and Scott Effross return to talk Kyle...

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2025/11/12

Head to the Binny's at 790 Royal St. George Dr in Naperville to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, Ian Happ is off traveling for the Gold Glove awards, so we make a call to bullpen and bring back returning champions Zack Short and Scott Effross to talk World Series, Gold Gloves, Kyle Hendricks' retirement and some

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59:41

Was the 2025 World Series the Best Ever? Plus, Ian...

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2025/11/05

Head to the Binny's at 7175 N Lincoln Ave (US 41) in Lincolnwood to get your Parce this week! BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss the fantastic 2025 World Series, how it stacks up all-time and discuss the heroics of Rojas, Yamamoto and Vladdy. Plus, the guys congratulate and break down Ian's fourth consecutive gold glove award

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58:34

The World Series heats up and more managerial moves!

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2025/10/29

Head to the Binny's at 7175 N Lincoln Ave (US 41) in Lincolnwood to get your Parce this week! BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss the 2025 World Series, the Blue Jay's mindset heading to LA and recap the first two games. Plus, a look at some more managerial decisions being made in the bigs. Check out full video episodes on Marquee

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60:03

Ohtani's unreal clinching game and misery continues...

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2025/10/22

Head to the Binny's at 1720 N Marcey St in Lincoln Park to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss Shohei Ohtani's massive game four of the NLCS, and the brutal ending to Seattle Mariners' season, plus a whole lot more. Check out full video episodes on Marquee every Thursday and on YouTube on the Marquee Sports

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55:43

Reflecting on the Cubs' 2025 postseason, and...

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2025/10/15

Head to the Binny's at 7330 W North Ave (Route 64) in Elmwood Park,to get your Parce this week! BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, Ian breaks down the Cubs 2025 postseason run, and reflects on the 2025 season, plus the guys honor Dakota and Ian's former minor league manager Buddy Bailey. Check out full video episodes on Marquee every Thursday and

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112:07

Four of Our Favorite Interviews We've Ever Done!...

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2025/10/08

Head to the Binny's at 290 Hawthorn Village Commons in Vernon Hills to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys turn back the clock and look back at four of our favorite interviews from our 279 episode library. Listen to portions of our interviews with Joey Votto, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Sean Casey and Chris

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57:46

Playoff baseball is here!

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2025/10/01

Head to the Binny's at 290 Hawthorn Village Commons in Vernon Hills to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss October baseball returning to Wrigley Field and take a look a the series going on around the bigs. Check out full video episodes on Marquee every Thursday and on YouTube on the Marquee

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58:10

Clinching in Pittsburgh, Clayton Kershaw's Legacy and...

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2025/09/24

Head to the Binny's at 290 Hawthorn Village Commons in Vernon Hills to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss the Cubs playoff clinching win in Pittsburgh and what it meant to Ian. After that the guys discuss Clayton Kershaw's legacy and Dakota and Tom project the Cubs' playoff roster. Check out full

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53:46

Rizzo Returns to Wrigley and Ian Returns Home to...

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2025/09/17

Head to the Binny's at 790 Royal St. George Dr in Naperville to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss Anthony Rizzo, the prodigal son, returning home to Wrigley Field and Ian's emotions around the big day. After that, they discuss Ian's donation to his high school in Pittsburgh and Nico Hoerner's monster

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54:13

Lee and Sosa go in the Cubs HOF, Ozzie Albies Rakes...

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2025/09/10

Head to the Binny's at 790 Royal St. George Dr in Naperville to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss Derrek Lee and Sammy Sosa going into the Cubs HOF, the players in MLB with their numbers retired for two teams, Ian's highest exit velocity and the Kyle Freeland/Rafael Devers benches clearing situation

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60:05

The Boss enjoyed Colorado, 10 pitch at-bat mind games...

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2025/09/03

Head to the Binny's at 7330 W North Ave (Route 64) in Elmwood Park, to get your Parce this week! BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss the Boss' recent hot stretch in Colorado, the mind games in a 10 pitch at-bat, the psychology of closing down a game and how MLB use scouting reports. Check out full video episodes on Marquee every

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50:55

Facing Off Against Kyle Hendricks, Stealing vs....

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2025/08/27

Head to the Binny's at 790 Royal St. George Dr in Naperville to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss Ian facing his former teammate and 2016 World Series champion Kyle Hendricks in Anaheim, the sign stealing vs. sign decoding debate and a whole lot more! Check out full video episodes on Marquee every

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54:03

Caissie's Big Debut, MLB Realignment and The Old...

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2025/08/20

Head to the Binny's at 323 W Golf Rd (Route 58) in Schaumburg to get your Parce this week! BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss Owen Caissie's debut in the bigs, MLB's potential realignment and potential expansion based on comments from Commissioner Rob Manfred and a whole lot more! Check out full video episodes on Marquee every Thursday

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52:38

Reflecting on the 2017 Cubs, How the Catcher Position...

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2025/08/13

Head to the Binny's at 1720 N Marcey St in Lincoln Park to get your Parce this week!BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss Ian celebrating his 31st birthday north of the border, Anthony Rizzo's recent interview about the 2017 Cubs and Ian's perspective on that team. Plus, how the catcher position has changed and Ian's first Happ Foundation

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59:14

Trade Deadline reaction, Bullpen Roles and Ryne...

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2025/08/06

Head to the Binny's at 3000 N Clark St in Lakeview to get your Parce. Tickets to the Happ Foundation event on September 6th: https://www.chicagogourmet.org/page/TicketSales2025?event-id=114970 BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. ⁠⁠⁠https://brucebolt.us/?afmc=HAPP⁠⁠⁠ On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, the guys discuss the Cubs' trade deadline and their reaction to it. Plus, Ian recaps Ryne Sandberg day and the guys

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