He's happier than he's been in a long time.
"I saw a picture of me smiling," Davies said by phone this week from Texas. His father had e-mailed him a photo taken during his first start as a Royals player.
"You know the last time I saw a picture of me smiling during in a game I was pitching?" he said. "After my third start in the major leagues, which was two years ago. ... And [this one] was after my first start in Yankee Stadium after I got my (butt) kicked."
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