As Cubs executives tried to figure out ways to renovate Wrigley Field, they visited Fenway Park, Lambeau Field and the Rose Bowl.
For his first tattoo, Javier Baez went with the Major League Baseball logo on the back of his neck.
This time last year, even the Cubs executives who knew Anthony Rizzo better than anyone else couldn't be certain that they were getting a core player for the next decade.
The games just blended together as the Cubs morphed into a version of Triple-A Iowa and headed toward 101 losses.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Ten years ago, Theo Epstein showed up here for his first winter meetings as a general manager, the wonder boy who grew up near Fenway Park now running the Boston Red Sox.





















