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This became JV's profile photo Sunday on two of his three social media pages, as shown below. (We take the Facebook oversight as a healthy sign, especially in the middle of a holiday weekend.)  

Though anyone who's not wilderness camping knows why he beams so brightly, we grab this chance for another round of Write a Caption.

Andy Glantzman, an education executive in Grand Rapids, echoes our first thought in a Twitter reply three minutes after we asked: "Why is this man smiling?"

Here are other early replies on Facebook, with more to be added as they come:

  • 'Cause he knows his chances of winning are a lot better.
    -- Ryan Cohee, Davison
  • World Series ring. -- Linda Webb
  • There is life outside of Detroit -- who knew? -- Michael H. Long
  • He recognizes the colors. -- Kathleen O'Bryan
  • I finally have a team that can get more than a run when I pitch a one-run game. -- Jack Bellomo
  • He can get a great new home deal in post-flood Houston? -- Robert Blackburn, Ann Arbor

That last crack raises our eyebrows, so we reply: "Too soon." The reader explains: "I've got friends in Houston. They are amazing me. Watching JV go is too soon."

Amen to that, brother.