Photos: Tales from the Cubs Convention

By Jack M Silverstein, for RedEye

Jan. 18-20 was a big weekend for Cubs fans, as the team hosted the 28th annual Cubs Convention. This was my first time at the convention, which in the past I've neither embraced nor specifically avoided. I came strictly as a journalist, and though the abused and beaten Cubs fan in me reared its head from time to time, the old flame still burns inside me, and soon I was able to ignore my feelings of hurt and simply enjoy the culture of the Cubs. I also lots of pictures. Here's what transpired.

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January 21, 2013