"It will take weeks for the 2012 Cubs to get to know each other, but new manager Dale Sveum is certain his team eventually will forge an identity fans will enjoy.

Sveum is not looking for a "vanilla" team, but one with the ability to "irritate" its opponents.

"Sometimes a team does need some identity to irritate the other team," Sveum said Saturday at the Cubs Convention after a fan asked about Nyjer Morgan's "obnoxious" antics in Milwaukee. "You have to have some cockiness on the field. Nyjer might have taken things a little far sometimes, but Nyjer was a great guy, probably one of the quietest, nicest guys in the world. But when you cross that line, he came to play."