01-13-2010, 10:19 AM
I'm with Rok and Savant on this one. I don't know how "warming the frosty hearts of increasingly frigid fans" or "helping fans forget that unlike the last couple of years the Cubs are not favorites to win the NL Central" has anything to do with the Cubs convention. Now, do I think the Maddux signing does those things? Yeah, I would be a fool to believe otherwise. However, I think it's coincidental that it happened right before the Cubs convention. I don't know exactly what impact the convention has, but I'm willing to guess it doesn't have too much of an impact relative to other ways the Cubs can make money. The Cubs convention is forgotten long before spring training begins.