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CHICAGO — Ryne Sandberg thought something was off.

The statue is set to be unveiled in 2024, president of business operations Crane Kenney said at Cubs Convention.

Putting eyes on new players, meet-and-greets with beloved former ones, Q-and-A sessions with ownership and the front office — these are just some of the enticements that bring Chicago seamheads out to the annual January events.

This week’s quiz pays tribute to those we lost last year in baseball.

PHILADELPHIA — In stretching out Trea Turner’s $300 million contract over 11 years, the Phillies diluted the average annual salary for luxury-tax purposes and payroll flexibility. It’s the approach they took four years ago in signing Bryce Harper. The length of Turner’s deal, like Harper’s 13-year pact, was predicated on…

The pair of former teammates had plenty of stories to tell about their years on the field together.

When asked about potential extensions for Happ and Nico Hoerner, Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said the club has “started the process.”

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs could not afford to sit on the sideline in free agency.

It was still warm and fuzzy at the last Cubs Convention in 2020. It’s different now, isn’t it? There’s a wafting sense of a desperate need to become good and win again.

As Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts and others know, ridicule of owners is the city’s top sport.

CHICAGO — It has been five long years since Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts held a question-and-answer session with fans at the Cubs Convention.