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Cody Bellinger talk dominates Cubs Convention, but will he return?

There are plenty of teams that would be better with the addition of Bellinger, but there’s no fit quite like the Cubs.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 14, 2024

How Michael Busch fits into the Cubs’ 2024 plans

Busch has had a whirlwind last few days, landing the former Dodger at the Cubs Convention.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 14, 2024

Pressure? Cubs’ Craig Counsell just got here, and already he’s on the run like a ‘Fugitive’

Counsell isn’t in Milwaukee anymore. At his first Cubs Convention, he felt the differences between his old city and his new one pumping through his veins.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 13, 2024

Polling Place: Your take on Cubs’, White Sox’ fan conventions — and why SoxFest was nixed

Putting eyes on new players, meet-and-greets with beloved former ones, Q-and-A sessions with ownership and the front office — these are just some of the enticements that bring Chicago seamheads out to the annual January events.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 14, 2023

As the Cubs Convention opens, Chairman Tom Ricketts talks long-term free-agent contracts and the smaller national reach on Marquee

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs could not afford to sit on the sideline in free agency.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 14, 2023

Out with the old Cubs; in with Dansby Swanson, Cody Bellinger and all the new

It was still warm and fuzzy at the last Cubs Convention in 2020. It’s different now, isn’t it? There’s a wafting sense of a desperate need to become good and win again.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 14, 2023

Paul Sullivan: Cubs fans will finally get to hear from Tom Ricketts — even if they don’t like the answers

CHICAGO — It has been five long years since Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts held a question-and-answer session with fans at the Cubs Convention.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 11, 2023

2023 Cubs Convention full schedule released

The schedule includes sessions with the Ricketts family, Jed Hoyer and David Ross.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 15, 2022

2023 Cubs Convention weekend passes go on sale Thursday

When Cubs Convention returns from a two-year hiatus, it will include familiar programming as well as new events.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 9, 2022

Just Sayin’: Calling off January fan convention is the White Sox’ latest ‘mediocre’ move

Not even explaining why invites the public to speculate that Sox bigwigs don’t have the stomach for being questioned and criticized, perhaps even booed as Tom Ricketts was at the Cubs Convention in 2020.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 22, 2022