Upcoming Cubs Convention
by TheGrinch13 on Dec 12, 2009 2:00 PM CST
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As many of you already know, the next Cubs Convention is scheduled for this January 15-17, 2010. I wrote about this once before, but does anyone have any inside information into who might be there this year as a special guest, or if there are going to be any special events planned for the participants? I thought there might be, since it's the 25th Anniversary. I haven't heard anything and was not sure if it was worth going or not. From what I heard there are still rooms available at the Hilton (unlike in previous years, go figure).
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It usually sells out within hours of going on sale. I know you can find tickets on ebay and possibly on here under ticket exchanges.
If this is your first time going I’d read other posts on here about what to expect at the convention. There’s ALOT to do but it’s not for everyone.
There's definitely a lot to do, but you have to have patience there.
It’s cool to meet the players after waiting about 30-60 minutes in line (sometimes longer, or you don’t get to meet them at all). I wish they’d do something about the line jumpers, though. You see these people holding bags full of cubed balls jumping barricades right in front of guards to get with “friends” who hold a place in line for them. It gets really old, especially since you know they’re just going to sell the stuff on Ebay.
Anyway, I hope that they bring in some good people this year, as a lot of Cubs fans are down about last year (understandably) and they’re going to need a good attraction in light of this offseason’s inactivity in the direction of improving the team (Hendry has only wrecked it further thus far).
Yuck
Cub Convention is a bunch of middle aged people wearing a 146 pieces of Cub flair and 20 something cyber geeks with autograph pads.
I went to a convention….ONCE. Sorry for speaking the truth about these things. And of course nobody will have the nut sack to ask Genius Jim why it is $145 million can’t get a much better return.
The Blackhawks and the Stanley Cup in 2010.
I would love to ask Jim some questions....
I have a feeling no matter how nice I ask, I would get cut off.
Questions like.
Why is Bradley still here?
Was it uncomfortable to talk about Bradley and his contract with your new boss?
How did you feel when Lou kept telling the press that he had no answers after games last season?
When you traded DeRosa, were those players really for Peavy or did you REALLY think that was a good trade for us?
Why was Jake Fox benched for Bobby Scales? A Fox follow up, why wasn’t he playing 3B in AAA the day after Aramis got hurt? What good was is for keeping the guy hitting .430 at 1b? Did you think Lee was hurt?
In your world is Kevin Gregg a much better pitcher?
Why didn’t you let Aaron Heilman go when claimed? Was him pitching in Sept. more important than letting the kids pitch?
Aaron Miles. 2 year contract. Why? Was there NOBODY who could fill this role for a fraction of the cost? Scales probably could…Lou thought highly of him.
When Dunn, Ibanez, and Abreau all signed for less money and years than Bradley. Did you feel like an idiot? How about during the season when they all had better years?
How do you feel the team has improved from last year?
Do you feel somewhat responsible for the financial issues facing this team now and in the coming years?
Do you feel like you should still have this job?
Somehow I don’t think I would be able to get much of this out………
Anybody else have any questions for Jim and Lou?
by TJ11 on Dec 13, 2009 8:21 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ricketts should be asking him those questions.
A woman's guess is more accurate than a man's certainty.--Rudyard Kipling
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 13, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions
It wouldn't be a very nice chat for Jim.
I would hope Ricketts has at least asked some of them. If he is as much of a Cub fan as he says he is, he should.
if Ricketts has considered any of those questions,
…do you think Hendry is long for his GM job?
A woman's guess is more accurate than a man's certainty.--Rudyard Kipling
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 13, 2009 9:43 PM CST up reply actions
YES BUT REMEMBER....
Tom Ricketts thinks Hendry is doing a good job . No need for me to comment any more !
I will say this....
questions like this do get asked. Maybe not the part about “do you feel like an idiot?”, but the Q&A’s with Jim Hendry are not exactly “tea and crumpets”. Believe me, the people don’t hold back making their feelings known, and to his credit, Hendry will sit there and answer every question. The fact that Hendry showed up last year after the DeRosa trade and then failing to get Jake Peavy took guts, but he didn’t back down from any questions at all. Are there better GM’s in baseball than Jim Hendry. Yes. But I at least respect the fact that he does not back down from tough questions at the Convention, and believe me, he gets tough questions every year. The Cubs Convention is not a love-fest, and anyone who tells you otherwise has never been there.
"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004
I've never been to the Convention...
…if folks here get the chance to ask those hard questions do they usually come back to the site and tell about it? . Its good to hear Hendry doesnt avoid the ???s’ …..I hope he can get himself out of this Bradley thing. Maybe it will be the first step towards better days.
A woman's guess is more accurate than a man's certainty.--Rudyard Kipling
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 13, 2009 10:10 PM CST up reply actions
It's not a love-fest, but it's not hard-hitting, either
If Bradley is gone by then, everyone will love Jim.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 14, 2009 10:58 AM CST up reply actions
I doubt that
Some of the questions are pretty dumb but most are serious and too the point. There have been plenty of hard hitting questions and I am pretty sure I asked several of them.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Dec 14, 2009 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
A few of these are good questions...
…but Bradley may not be here when the convention takes place. And the question about Fox being benched is for Lou, not Hendry. Also, not sure what (or why) you’re asking about Kevin Gregg – a much better pitcher than whom? And what does it matter now that Gregg is no longer on the team?
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
if Bradley is still with us,
would he go to Convention?
A woman's guess is more accurate than a man's certainty.--Rudyard Kipling
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 14, 2009 10:11 AM CST up reply actions
That would be something to see.
An awesome question and answer session!
I think it ends with cussing and a thrown table.
I have a bad feeling he will be still there. I hope I am wrong.
The part about AAA is for Jim. He does oversee everything, right?
Read the Gregg question again.
The answer would be Gregg. In Hendry’s world Gregg was better than he really is.
OK, yeah, Hendry could (and should)...
…have issued an order to put Fox at third base as soon as Aramis went down. But I’d guess any question you might ask about a former player would elicit a very short and vague response.
And I read the Gregg question again and still don’t really get it but, again, he’s no longer the Cubs concern and you’d probably be wasting your breath (and brief moment in the spotlight) asking a question about him.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
I am pretty sure Hendry and Lou
actually admitted they should have played Fox earlier at 3B when A-Ram went down. I am not sure how much good it does in the end but Hendry has taken the blame for the bad moves.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Dec 14, 2009 10:52 AM CST up reply actions
The Gregg question would not be one of the first asked, trust me.
If they let me go on for 10 minutes, i might need more material to fill the void…….
(I know I wouldn’t get more than 1 Question!)
if you ask hendry,
please note ibanez signed for
same years more money
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Great questions
that will never be answered or addressed. I’d go if that was the format for the convention. What’s there really to talk about? We haven’t won a title in forever, we haven’t improved the team from last season, we’re hamstrung financially to make any moves, the OF defense and offensive production is pathetic and will only get worse this year, our SS is really a 2B, etc, etc. Fans should really stop going to these “love fests” they call conventions, cause IMO they just foster the desperation that this team is and has been.
We're not scaremongering (nightmare of a season continues), this is really happening (Bears are more than done) - Radiohead
Why should fans stop going?
Some go for autographs, some for memorabillia, some for the sessions, some for the trixies at Kitty O’Sheas . . . it’s not all about the Q&A sessions.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 14, 2009 11:00 AM CST up reply actions
Also a reminder
THIS IS A CHARITY EVENT. It raises tens of thousands for Cubs Care so it is not like this is going to line their pockets.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Dec 14, 2009 11:35 AM CST up reply actions
Did not know that
Well, at least one good thing comes out of the convention each year.
We're not scaremongering (nightmare of a season continues), this is really happening (Bears are more than done) - Radiohead
As far as I can tell...
…most major league teams have fanfests like this now. It doesn’t foster anything. In fact, as Doggie Stalker points out, it raises money for charity.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
I routinely ask those type of questions
The management sessions are anything but sunshine & puppies easy questions. I mean obviously there is only so much they will answer about something ongoing but Hendry is honest and direct in his answers which does not mean he is not pretty clever about not revealing too much. He does not shy away from taking responsibility but it is not like he is going to fall on his sword or anything. Lou says pretty much the standard " what you want me to do ?" thing so you won’t get anything out of him.
I recommend the other two sessions that can have a lot of business and personnel info. One ( which I can not recall the name of) deals with business operations such as Wrigley Field operations, Ticket sales, Spring Training facilities and the other Down on the Farm deals with the minor league system. Both of these can be highly informative are attended by serious well informed fans rather than autograph hounds.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Dec 14, 2009 10:41 AM CST up reply actions
"146 pieces of Cubs flair".....you're funny :)
A woman's guess is more accurate than a man's certainty.--Rudyard Kipling
by cooliogirl47 on Dec 13, 2009 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
Can I use that for my sig?
Classic and very true.
We're not scaremongering (nightmare of a season continues), this is really happening (Bears are more than done) - Radiohead
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