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A few degrees above freezing. No matter. Passion burns bright for Cubs fans on opening day

How many layers to wear?

Whether to share your name with a newspaper reporter and risk the wrath of your boss for ditching work?

Whether one shoulddrink cold beer in 40-degree weather?

These were questions several Cubs fans wrestled with Thursday outside the ballpark on opening day.

Well, that’s not entirely true.

The last one required little soul searching.

“Is that a real question?” asked one bemused fan.

Abeer vendor on his way into the park just laughed when asked if sales would suffer.

Dan Sewell was one of the few fans, it seemed, who planned to stick to hot chocolate.