Blue Jays name veteran left-hander Happ opening day starter against Yankees
DUNEDIN, Fla. — There was a time in J.A. Happ’s career when he wouldn’t have been considered to start an opening day game.
And even if he was, he wouldn’t have remembered.
“The 2011 and 2012 years are something that I try to suppress a little bit,” the Toronto left-hander said with a laugh when a reporter asked if he had started an opening day with the Houston Astros during those seasons.
“It would be great if those years never happened but you live and learn. I might not be here if it wasn’t for that.”