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By Astasia Williams <\/strong><\/p>\n

When the clock struck noon Friday, the madness and celebration began.<\/p>\n

Lines are cluttered with ecstatic fans dressed in their favorite Cubs players\u2019 jerseys and other team merchandise. People are waiting and talking with other fans, taking photos, and reading books to pass the time until check-in begins at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Hotel.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMom, you\u2019re the MVP,\u201d one kid told his mom, who let him skip school to attend the 2017 Cubs Convention.<\/p>\n

A young boy runs to his mom from the autograph signing booth waving his smartphone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got the photo, I got the photo,\u201d said Wrigley, an 8-year-old fan running from the autograph signing table to show his mom.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe purchased the convention passes before the season started. We just so happened to get lucky World,\u201d said Len Renbarger a Cubs fan from Omaha, Neb.<\/p>\n

A hotel official said every single ticket of the roughly 8,000 available was sold out within minutes of the release. Registration started at noon. If you weren\u2019t in line by 10 a.m., there was a slight chance that you spent most of the first day in line waiting for your weekend pass.<\/p>\n

At 7 p.m., in a beyond full-capacity room, it was time for the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n

In the sea of red and blue, some fans are celebrating, some are napping, and others are wondering what\u2019s in store for the 2017 season.<\/p>\n

“They have an unbelievable talent,” said John Reedy, a fan from Chicago. “They are only going to get better and work well together. With what happened this year, you can\u2019t repeat that experience. You just won\u2019t be able to top it.”<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an elderly married couple in matching custom Cub logo design KEDS shoes. John Bergthold is wearing a suit with the Chicago Cubs logo covering every inch. Bergthold and his wife, Sheryl, are walking in the hotel lobby, observing the space, soaking it all in.<\/p>\n

This couple had so much faith in the Cubs that they sold everything in their name to move from a suburb South of Chicago to the North Side of the city to purchase season tickets and live closer to Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had three cars, sold two, kept our two dogs, everything else was sold in a garage sale,\u201d said Bergthold. \u201cNow we are here. We stuck through the bad times and it all paid off. Things are only going to get better. I expect them to win the next three out of five World Series championships. I think we are going to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not everyone is banking on another championship so soon. Some Cub fans are still trying to wrap their heads around what happened on November 2, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wonder if they could ever repeat it,\u201d said Missy Walker, 33, of Chicago. \u201cIt\u2019ll be great if they did. But If they didn\u2019t, I\u2019ll die happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Pitcher Jose Rosario signing autographs at the 2017 Cubs Convention. (Astasia Williams\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n

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