If you invite Sammy to your party, it becomes Sammy's party

The 38th Cubs Convention opened on Friday night. It's not the 38th annual, even though keep saying it is, but they didn't have one in 2021 because of Covid and didn't have one in 2022 because of "Covid" (wink, wink, it was really because of the lockout).
The opening ceremonies were quite the thing. Cole Wright came out overcaffeinated and babbling, which is his only setting.
Wayne Messmer and his toupee made their 38th convention appearance as they sang the national anthem and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
And then Tom Ricketts came out with the music extra cranked up to try to (and somewhat succeed) drown out the boos. No longer is Tom there to mention his terrible TV network and then be shocked as the fans tried to throw their chairs at him. Now he just announces what two former Cubs will be immortalized with the cobwebs and rat carcasses in the prestigious Cubs Utility Tunnel of Fame.
I called both of the new inductees on the podcast Thursday night. It wasn't that hard to figure out. Why else would Derrek Lee have been at the crappy convention?
And why was it "finally time" for Sammy and the Ricketts to make up and play nice?
Lee will unfairly get overshadowed by Sammy at the induction, and its entirely the Cubs' fault. First off, why didn't Lee go in last year with E-ramis and Kerry? They have a lot of guys to get through and this only putting two in every year thing is pretty dumb. And, of course, Sammy should have been in the very first year they resumed this half-ass honoraria.