MIAMI - It didn't take the Chicago Cubs long to make an offensive impact. It only took one pitch, in fact.
Cubs leadoff man Ian Happ hit a home run off the first pitch that came his way, off the Miami Marlins' Jose Urena. New Miami owner Derek Jeter watched his Marlins fall instantly behind from his seat two rows back of the Marlins dugout.
Happ, 23, drove Urena's 95 mph fastball out to right field.
Dwight Evans of the Boston Red Sox homered on the first pitch of the 1986 season, connecting off new Hall of Famer Jack Morris at Tiger Stadium.