The schedule for the 25th Annual Cubs Convention was released on Monday. The three-day event begins on Friday at the Hilton Chicago. Cubs past and present will be in attendance as well as the newest Cubs, Marlon Byrd and Rudy Jaramillo.
The Meet the Owners session on Saturday morning with the Ricketts family should be one of the more interesting, and well attended, sessions of the weekend. Tom Ricketts is scheduled to be part of Sports Central Live as well on Friday night.
The "Unofficial Opening Day" is just around the corner ...
2010 Cubs Convention Schedule
Friday, January 15th
- 5:00pm - 5:30pm - Opening Ceremonies
- 6:00pm - 6:45pm - Autograph Treasure Hunt
- 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Sports Central Live with Dave Kaplan ... the two hour show will be simulcast on 720 WGN
- - 7:00pm - 7:30pm - Ryan Dempster, Ted Lilly, Ryan Theriot and Rick Sutcliffe
- - 7:30pm - 8:00pm - Jim Hendry, Lou Piniella and Oneri Fleita
- - 8:00pm - 8:30pm - Ron Santo, Pat Hughes, Bob Brenly and Len Kasper
- - 8:30pm - 9:00pm - Rudy Jaramillo, Marlon Byrd and Larry Rothschild
- - Note: According to Dave Kaplan, Tom Ricketts and Derrek Lee will also be on the live broadcast.
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm - Cubs Bingo
Saturday, January 16th
- 9:00am - 10:00am - Meet the Owners
- 9:30am - 10:30am - Baseball Longevity
- 10:00am - 11:00am - WGN Radio's Meet Cubs Baseball Management with Bob Sirott and Dave Eanet
- - Jim Hendry, Lou Piniella and Randy Bush
- 10:30am - 11:30am - 25 Years: A Celebration of the Cubs & Cubs Fans
- 11:00am - 12:00pm - Call to the Pen
- 10:00am - 4:00pm - Chicago Cubs Photo Experience
- 11:30am - 12:30am - WGN Radio's Think You Know These Guys? Hosted by Garry Meier
- - Justin Berg, Ryan Dempster, Sam Fuld, Micah Hoffpauir and Ryan Theriot
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm - Leaders of the Pack
- 12:30pm - 1:30pm - VineLine: Covering the Cubs for 25 Years
- 1:00 - 2:00pm - WGN Radio's Major League Days - Hosted by John Williams
- - Bobby Dernier, Jody Davis, Jeff Samardzija and Geovany Soto
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm - Meet Cubs Business Management
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm - Life on the Big Screen
- 2:30pm - 3:30pm - WGN Radio's Lou Piniella: My Life in Baseball Continued ...
- - A One-on-One with Lou Piniella Hosted by Steve Cochran
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm - Cubs Jeopardy!
- 3:30pm - 4:30pm - Baseball in the Dominican
- 4:00pm - 5:00pm - For Kids Only Press Conference
- 8:00pm - 12:00am - Rock 'n Roll Revue
Sunday, January 17th
- 9:00am - 10:00am - The Essence of Being a Cub
- 9:00am - 12:00pm - Chicago Cubs Photo Experience
- 10:30am - 11:30am - Down on the Farm presented by VineLine with Oneri Fleita and Tim Wilken
Sources: Cubs.com and WGN Radio.com
The CCO will have first hand daily recaps of this year's convention....for the fifth consecutive year.
Scheduled Attendees
- James Adduci
- Jeff Baker
- Ernie Banks
- Glenn Beckert
- Justin Berg
- Bob Brenly
- Randy Bush
- Marlon Byrd
- Esmailin Caridad
- Andrew Cashner
- Welington Castillo
- Tyler Colvin
- Jody Davis
- Andre Dawson
- Ryan Dempster
- Bobby Dernier
- Ivan DeJesus
- Oneri Fleita
- Mike Fontenot
- Sam Fuld
- Tom Gorzelanny
- John Grabow
- Jeff Gray
- Angel Guzman
- Jim Hendry
- Koyie Hill
- Micah Hoffpauir
- Pat Hughes
- Randy Hundley
- Brett Jackson
- Rudy Jaramillo
- Ferguson Jenkins
- Jay Johnstone
- Len Kasper
- Crane Kenney
- Derrek Lee
- Ted Lilly
- Carlos Marmol
- Sean Marshall
- Gary Matthews
- Keith Moreland
- Dave Otto
- Andy Pafko
- Milt Pappas
- Lou Piniella
- Mike Quade
- Larry Rothschild
- Jeff Samardzija
- Ryne Sandberg
- Scott Sanderson
- Ron Santo
- Carlos Silva
- Matt Sinatro
- Lee Smith
- Geovany Soto
- Tim Stoddard
- Lester Strode
- Rick Sutcliffe
- Ryan Theriot
- Alan Trammell
- Steve Trout
- Randy Wells
- Tim Wilken
- Billy Williams
- Carlos Zambrano
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Man I wish I could attend. Have not had the opportunity in my time... but maybe someday.
Muskat mentioned that fun Dawson Game that I posted about the other day where he was face beaned. 1987, whew I was 11 ha ha ha.
What a great couple of days for Cub fans! Maddux coming back to the team is HUGE. Think about it, Ryno is in the mix to be the next manager. Mad-Dog is on the payroll. Dawson is making his presence felt. Bring back Gracey for the broadcasting gig. It is starting to feel like the Cubs are reuniting the guys who "Did it Right".
Again I will give Hendry credit where credit is due. It was reported that he approached Maddux a few months ago, MY GOD IS THAT FORSIGHT??? I cannot be 100% sure that Hendry is pulling the strings here or if Ricketts is, But the personelle is shaping up nicely regardless!
Jaramillo and Maddux are the biggest signings of this offseason thus far...
That is unless Hendry can land former nemesis and Boo-er Ben Sheets with an incentive laden contract!
I also agree that if the price drops on Felipe Lopez, The Cubs really could use him at 2B.
Needless to say a frustrating offseason is starting to look up. Again... Thanks Neil for all that you do.
Go Cubs Go!!!
Cubs not so fun fact according to my Cubs Baseball 2010 desk calendar:
No Post-1900 Major League second basemen has had more errors in a single season than George Grantham's 55 in 1923.
--WOW!!!!! Makes Soriano look like a gold glover!
5 year plan:
Grace and Sutcliff in the broadcast booth.
Maddux is GM...Dawson his assistant...Sandberg the manager.
Sosa the permanent batboy.
(Sosa sells pharmeceuticals and cork on the side.)
Dunston is in charge of the scoreboard
and electric Shaun-o-meter.
Prior is the trainer's assistant.
Kerry Wood is President.
DLee the hitting coach.
AND it's the FINAL year of the Soriano contract.
Go Cubs Go.
(Wish I were going to the convention...)
Have a good time all!!!
For those of you who couldn't get tickets to the Cubs Convention, there are still other opportunities.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100112/ap_on_bi_ge/us_odd_carnival_cougars
At least that's what I thought when I first saw the headline.
John, WHAT?????
I thought it had something to do with the Kane County Cougars and the Chicago Cubs.
My bad!!!
I just read where the group in FL that's trying to land the Cubs there is holding a press conference tomorrow. Has there been any more scuttlebutt on what Rickets is going to do? Is there a chance that the Cubs could make an announcement at the convention. It would be a damn shame if they move to FL. There is much more downside than upside. Unfortunately the only upside may be $$$$ in the owner's pocket. S.O.S.