Three days of Cubs Convention and countless questions to front office personnel, players, the manager and coaches revealed precious few answers to some of the most pressing questions surrounding the team’s roster and direction as they head into the offseason’s final stretch toward spring training.
That certainly won’t make fans any less likely to boo the occasional Ricketts or Marquee Network executive they might encounter in the next few weeks.
But it should at least make this traditionally quiet time of the baseball calendar a more compelling time to see what gets answered in the next three weeks before pitchers and catchers report to spring training (Feb.