Several of the traditional baseball stats can no longer tell the entire story about a player’s production … and that was the theme for Stats Sunday with Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies and Bob Vorwald. Len Kasper introduced Stats Sunday to the Cubs’ broadcasts last season and brought non-traditional statistics to Cubs’ broadcasts. Baseball is a [...]
Day Three of the 2013 Cubs Convention … Down on the Farm
January 20, 2013 By 9 Comments
The Cubs minor league system was front and center on Sunday morning at the Cubs Convention with the ever-popular “Down on the Farm” session. VineLine once again hosted the hour-long Q & A that featured Jason McLeod, Brandon Hyde, Joe Bohringer, Josh Vitters and Chris Rusin. Brandon Hyde replaced Oneri Fleita as the Cubs Director [...]
Day Two of the 2013 Cubs Convention … Wrigley Field Restoration
January 20, 2013 By 8 Comments
The most anticipated session of the weekend focused on the restoration plans for Wrigley Field … and the Cubs did not disappoint. The five year project, that will take place during the off-season, will cost around $300 million and the Ricketts family is prepared to fund the restoration project. The Cubs are still looking for [...]
Day Two of the 2013 Cubs Convention … Dale Sveum and the Coaching Staff
January 19, 2013 By 3 Comments
Dale Sveum and his coaching staff were next up on Saturday. Sveum was joined by Jamie Quirk, James Rowson, Dave McKay, Lester Strode and newcomers, third base coach David Bell and assistant hitting coach Rob Deer. Chris Bosio was not able to attend and left the convention early. Bosio is recovering from knee replacement surgery. [...]
Day Two of the 2013 Cubs Convention … From Draft Day to the Big Leagues
January 19, 2013 By 1 Comment
The third session on Saturday’s agenda was ‘From Draft Day to the Big Leagues’ and it featured four prospects from the system that were in town during the week for the Cubs’ rookie program. Matt Szczur was joined by three pitchers that have a chance to make it to the big leagues in the near [...]
Day Two of the 2013 Cubs Convention … Meet the Cubs Baseball Management
January 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The second session on Saturday was ‘Meet the Cubs Baseball Management’ featuring Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer, Dale Sveum and assistant general managers Randy Bush and Shiraz Rehman. The session was chalked full of information, including the latest on the signing of Carlos Villanueva. Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer were once again very transparent with their [...]
Rambling as the Cubs Convention Begins
January 18, 2013 By 5 Comments
Welcome to the opening of baseball season! The Cubs Convention (#CubsCon) begins today. And it also marks the beginning of seventh year I have been writing for the best Cubs fan site on the information super highway. I say this every year at this time, but if you have never been to CubsCon before, and [...]
2013 Cubs Convention Schedule and Attendees
January 18, 2013 By 6 Comments
The 28th Annual Cubs Convention kicks off on Friday afternoon at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. The full list of attendees was released earlier this week and the schedule was released on Thursday night. The convention kicks off on Friday afternoon with the Opening Ceremonies, which are expected to larger this time around than [...]
Weekend Update … No More Loveable Losers and a Big Week Ahead for the Cubs
January 13, 2013 By 34 Comments
The next seven days will be anything but boring for the Chicago Cubs. Not only does the Cubs Caravan and the 28th Annual Cubs Convention take place this week but the deadline to exchange arbitration figures with players is Friday (January 18) and the rosters for the upcoming World Baseball Classic will be announced on [...]
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