Meet the Cubs! (Cubs Caravan, convention, etc.)

The annual Cubs convention is coming up, Jan. 13-15 at the Hilton Chicago Hotel.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/c...

Does anyone know where to get tickets for this event? Last I heard it was sold out.

Here is the cubs.com info page , but it is dated 11/02/2005 and as I'm typing this, I haven't found any real updates. I imagine that the Tribune or Sun Times should report about it fairly soon though.

I'd like to see WGN and Comcast Sports Chicago offer an hour long special of tv coverage of this event.

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Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States 60605
http://www.hilton.com

http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=720+South+Michigan+Avenue+Chicago+Illinois+United+States,+60605

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Update:

1/10/2006
Hendry ready for fans at Convention MLB.com / cubs.com

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Update:

1/12/2006
Notes: Cubs Convention starts Friday - Lee, Zambrano, Sandberg, Santo among attendees at event

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01/12/2006 10:00 AM ET

History of the Cubs convention MLB.com

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If you can only go one day to the Cubs convention, I wonder if the best day to go would be Sunday, since so many Chicagoans will be watching the Bears playoff game instead.

Wow! Check out the Google map link above to see how close the Hilton is to Soldier Field.

www.chicagobears.com
1/15: Bears-Panthers Stadium Advisory

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Update: 1/17/2006

Sullivan at the convention...
http://www.cubsnet.com/node/868
Includes links to other blogs covering the Cubs convention.

Some touches of optimism
Along with autographs, the Cubs Convention provided a bit of news
By Paul Sullivan Tribune staff reporter
Published January 16, 2006, 9:15 PM CST
www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-060116cubs,1,4149567.story

Update 1/19/06

Both Len and Bob posted a review of the Cubs convention in the January WGN baseball blog.
photos from the convention are also available there.

Try these pages for stories from the convention...
www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs
www.suntimes.com/index/cubs.html
www.cubs.com

Photos from day three of the Cubs convention Be sure to click on "view other galleries" to access all of the available 2006 Cubs convention photos.

Try a search for "cubs convention" at www.ebay.com to see what people are selling there this week.

Atlanta Braves Disney World Spring Training Facility photos 2005

Happy Birthday Sammy Sosa!

Cubs trivia

# of MLB College Graduates in 2005 ???

Would you like Cubs related license plates?

White Sox, Illinois General Assembly, Senate ceremonies

Ryne Sandberg Day at Wrigley Field photos

The Cubs won 14-3. Now that's playing the game right!

Sports Flash
Published Tuesday, January 10, 2006

The St. Louis Cardinals Caravan will be at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield from 6-8 p.m. on Friday.

Current players Brad Thompson, Anthony Reyes and John Gall are slated to appear along with former Cardinals Danny Cox and John Costello and new announcer John Rooney.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $7.50, which includes a ballpark dinner, and are on sale at the following locations: WTAX, 3501 East Sangamon Ave.; House of Brews, 3125 Cockrell Lane; Noonan True Value Hardware, 801 E. North Grand and 510 Bruns Lane, and four United Community Bank locations - 301 N. Main Street in Chatham, 1900 West Iles, 700 Stevenson Drive and 617 Bruns Lane.

Published Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Cardinals Caravan to stop in Litchfield

LITCHFIELD - The St. Louis Cardinals Caravan will stop at Litchfield High School's Simmons Gymnasium on Sunday between 6-8 p.m.

Cardinals players John Rodriguez and Larry Bigbie and former Cardinals Tom Lawless and Rick Horton are scheduled to attend, with Horton to serve as master of ceremonies.

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Cubs Caravan will stop short of Capital City
By JIM RUPPERT
SPORTS EDITOR

Published Thursday, January 12, 2006

Today's the day the Chicago Cubs Caravan comes to central Illinois. Unfortunately, if you live in Springfield you've got to hop in the car and drive to Bloomington or Peoria.

Tour Two of the Cubs' road squad makes the southern swing. That group is made up of catcher MICHAEL BARRETT, new Peoria Chiefs manager JODY DAVIS, director of player development ONERI FLEITA, minor league pitcher SEAN GALLAGHER, general manager JIM HENDRY, new relief pitcher BOBBY HOWRY, radio broadcaster PAT HUGHES, Hall of Famer RYNE SANDBERG, coach CHRIS SPEIER and relief pitcher MICHAEL WUERTZ.

The Cubs will be at Illinois State University's Bone Student Center for a charity lunch today and then at the River Plex in Peoria for a sold-out charity dinner. That's as close as they come to Springfield.

Source for the above quotes...
http://www.sj-r.com

In other news...my dog left for doggie eternity last week so I've been looking online for a new k-9 family member. I've tried Petfinder searches in Illinois and Wisconsin and even found Tony LaRussa's animal rescue website at: www.arf.net .

http://www.arf.net/About_ARF/tony_elaine...

The experience has made me consider becoming a dog pound portrait photographer to help more dogs find good homes.

Cubs, Cards fans cell phones

Cub fan portraits

Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago annual awards dinner

Quote from article:

If you never have attended a Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago annual awards dinner, you may want to amend that.

The club's 60th annual banquet is scheduled Sunday, Jan. 15, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. The event features a diverse lineup of baseball personalities currently employed in Chicagoland or with ties to the area. The attendees represent all levels of the game, from youth baseball through the major leagues, and include former players, executives, scouts and media.

An autograph session featuring the Cubs' Derrek Lee and Carlos Zambrano, Detroit Tigers' Curtis Granderson and former major leaguers such as Lockport's Ron Coomer, Dan Pasqua, Buzz Capra, Billy Pierce, Rich Nye, JackHammers manager Hal Lanier, Eric Soderholm, John Cangelosi, Larry Monroe, Bill Campbell, Bill Sharpe, Gene Hiser, Howie Bidell and Tony Cogan, along with current Chicagoland minor leaguers, is scheduled from 4-5:30 p.m. Dinner begins at 5:30 and the awards program, with Tom Shaer and Steve "Psycho" Lyons serving as masters of ceremony, is scheduled for 7.

And about those awards. Not only will Lee, Zambrano, Granderson and White Sox executive Roland Hemond be honored, but so will many others from the Chicagoland baseball world. For example, University of St. Francis baseball coach Gordie Gillespie will receive the Lou Boudreau Hall of Fame Award. Lockport High School's Jim Hall and Wilmington's Kevin Feeney will be honored after leading their teams to the Class AA and A state championships, respectively. I am thrilled and humbled to be on the award list as well — in such distinguished company.

Tickets are $50 or $500 for a table of 10.

Read the entire article at:

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/sports/4_2_JO04_GOSSCOL_S1.asp
(note: Pitch and hit event info is at the bottom of the page)

Chicago Cubs weblinks

WGN-AM Sports Central Audio Archive
Includes Cubs Convention interviews and more.

http://wgnradio.com/shows/sp_central/aud...

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I've added more links to the Cubs convention Jan. 13-15 @ Hilton Chicago Hotel post. Even if you read that note yesterday, check thru the links again. I think you'll find some kewl content linked from there.

Cubs, Sox and Bears photos

Regarding the 2007 Cubs Convention...

Would you believe that the weekend passes for the 2007 Cubs Convention are already SOLD OUT.

That didn't take long.

Haven't heard a word about the Cub's caravan. Let me know if you hear anything about those events.

I'm having trouble finding an official page about that Cubs Disney vacation too. I wonder why.

Here's a contest page at wgncable.com regarding that Cub's Disney vacation.

Another event to check out is the Pitch and Hit Club
61st Annual Awards Dinner on Sunday, January 28, 2007.

More info here:

http://www.pitchandhitclub.org/banquet.htm

Photos from Ryne Sandberg Day at Wrigley Field

Sandberg added to Cubs Caravan (12/18/2006 5:30 PM ET)
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/n...

CUBS CARAVAN ITINERARIES (from cubs.com)
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/c...

Photos from Ryne Sandberg Day at Wrigley Field

Looks like once again, the Cubs aren't traveling South of Bloomington, IL...

The official webpage for the Cubs caravan is located at:

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/community/com_caravan.jsp

Info for the Peoria Cubs caravan event can be found at this link.

Cory's WGN 2008 Cubs caravan blog reports

New site of the day:

Chicago / Cook Country restaurants

Photos of Chicago, Illinois and Cook County area restaurant food.

Includes "name that restaurant" challenges.

www.chicago-restaurants.blogspot.com/

Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals photos, Ryne Sandberg Day pics

Cubs fans TV listings

woolis.com/fanfest2008.htm

Includes pictures of Larry Biittner, Orlando Cepeda, Bill Bell, Jake Fox, John Gilmore, Red Hollis, Tony Gwynn, Zach Hammes, Joel Hanrahan, Jeremy Hellickson, Fergie Jenkins, Ernie Johnson, Von Joshua, Pat Listach, Mike Mahoney, Mike Mason, Robin Roberts, Deene Ehlis, Mike Schmidt, Randy Wells and the Famous San Diego Chicken.

Related article:

FanFest: Cubs-killer Schmidt remembers classics

On April 17, 1976, at Wrigley Field, Schmidt hit four home runs to lead Philadelphia back from an 11-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 18-16.

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Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals photos, Ryne Sandberg Day pics

Cubs fans TV listings

Chicago restaurant food photos

Lou Piniella Podcast - 720 WGN - 1-8-08

feeds.feedburner.com/wgnradio/piniella

Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals photos, Ryne Sandberg Day pics

Cubs fans TV listings

2009 Cubs Caravan info (from cubs.com)
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/community/com_caravan.jsp

More info here

Caravan mentioned in the Tribune...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-26-mitchell-aroundtowndec26,0,2450475.column

Peoria event info

http://www.peoriachiefs.com/news/current/index.html?article_id=910

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3753524

Cubs Caravan to visit Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Jan. 15, not open to public
http://www.sj-r.com/pros/x1017430055/Cubs-Caravan-stops-here-Jan-15

Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals photos, Ryne Sandberg Day pics

Cubs fans TV listings

WGN Radio 2009 Cubs Convention event schedule
http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47974&Itemid=182

Cory Provus blogging from the Cubs Caravan
http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=108&Itemid=312

Hope WGN will upload more podcasts from the Cubs Convention...

Cubs Central Podcast - 720 WGN - 01-14-09 - 2
(mp3) Cory talks with Cubs' pitcher Sean Marshall in advance of the Cubs Convention.

Cubs Central Podcast - 720 WGN - 01-14-09 - 1
(mp3) Cory Provus catches up with Jeff Samardzija at Harry Caray's Steakhouse, prior to the Cubs Convention.
http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=178&Itemid=313

The Lou Pineiella podcast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/wgnradio/piniella

WGN Cubs reports
http://www.wgntv.com/chicago_cubs

WGN 2009 pre-season schedule
http://www.wgntv.com/chicago_cubs_preseason09

Vineline Blog
http://vineline.mlblogs.com/

Comcast Sportsnet Chicago Cubs page
(they don't offer nearly enough videos, but here is the link:)
http://csnchicago.com/pages/cubs

Of course, checking the Tribune and Sun Times Cubs pages might bring up something regarding the convention.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/index.html

BTW, The Sun Times front page (and weather page too) states in their top toolbar for the weather today:

0°F

Sunny

Weather: UNSPEAKABLE

http://www.suntimes.com

http://www.suntimes.com/news/weather/index.html

Dress accordingly.

Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals photos, Ryne Sandberg Day pics

Cubs fans TV listings

The 2010 Cubs Convention takes place this weekend...

Now is the time to set up your Tivo/whatever to record programs from Comcast Sports Chicago, the MLB Network, WGN news, etc.

Schedule
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/community/com_convention.jsp

Don't forget WGN radio, over the air and via the internet.
They usually carry a lot of Cubs convention audio features.

http://www.wgnradio.com/about/events/wgnam-cubs-convention-2010-schedule,0,5240950.htmlstory

http://www.wgnradio.com

The Cubs Convention 2010 in the news...

Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=10&tag=Cubs%20Convention&limit=20

Google news
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=Cubs+Convention

Google Blogs
http://www.google.com/search?tbo=1&tbs=blg:1&q=Cubs%20Convention&hl=en&ned=us&tab=nb