Cubs Convention is still going strong as I type this, but I’m already back home after a three-hour trek back from my truncated stay at the annual fan fest. It’s always an interesting time for me because I really dig how the baseball energy is so strong even in the middle of frozen-ass January, but the real value comes from conversations other than those taking place on stage during the myriad panels. I mean, there’s only so much salient information you’re going to get from Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins in a public setting.
That’s why it’s so great to catch up with and pick the brains of people like Marquee’s Lance Brozdowski or The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma.