Details of the 2010 Cubs Convention have begun surfacing with only six days until the annual event at the Chicago Hilton … the 25th Cubs Convention kicks off on Friday, January 15.
Here is a compiled list of attendees from several sources as well as a portion of the schedule. The full schedule and attendee list should be released later in the weekend … but here is what is known at this point. The CCO will update when more information becomes available. **NOTE: THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE SCHEDULE – SATURDAY IS A FULL DAY OF SESSIONS AND THE CCO WILL POST THE FULL SCHEDULE ONCE IT IS RELEASED**
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 broadcast live 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
- 7:00pm – 8:30pm – Cubs Bingo
Saturday, January 16th
- 9:00am – 10:00am – WGN Radio’s Meet Cubs Management with Bob Sirott and Dave Eanet
- – Jim Hendry, Lou Piniella and Randy Bush
- 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
- 1:00 – 2:00pm – WGN Radio’s Major League Days – Hosted by John Williams
- – Bobby Dernier, Jody Davis, Jeff Samardzija and Geovany Soto
- 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
- 8:00pm – 12:00am – Rock ‘n Roll Revue
Sunday, January 17th
- 9:00am – 10:00am – Meet Cubs Business Management
- 10:30am – 11:30am – Down on the Farm presented by VineLine with Oneri Fleita and Tim Wilken
The CCO will have first hand daily recaps of this year’s convention….for the fifth consecutive year.
Scheduled Attendees
- Ernie Banks
- Justin Berg
- Bob Brenly
- Randy Bush
- Marlon Byrd
- Jody Davis
- Andre Dawson
- Ryan Dempster
- Bobby Dernier
- Ivan DeJesus
- Oneri Fleita
- Sam Fuld
- Jim Hendry
- Koyie Hill
- Micah Hoffpauir
- Pat Hughes
- Rudy Jaramillo
- Ferguson Jenkins
- Len Kasper
- Ted Lilly
- Lou Piniella
- Mike Quade
- Larry Rothschild
- Jeff Samardzija
- Ryne Sandberg
- Ron Santo
- Carlos Silva
- Matt Sinatro
- Geovany Soto
- Lester Strode
- Rick Sutcliffe
- Ryan Theriot
- Alan Trammell
- Tim Wilken
- Billy Williams
- Carlos Zambrano