A Cub Tracks Christmas

Happy Holidays from Cub Tracks and the BCB Crew!

Here’s today’s Cubs News and Notes, such as they are. It’s the season! No, the other other season. As always * means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome).

• Michael Clair (Cut Four): Seven ways to turn your holiday celebrations into a baseball-themed dream world.
• Steve Greenberg (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): An ailing Cubs family that — thanks to a Christmas angel — won’t ever quit. “You have a date with Wrigley. The grass is greener there.”
• Jordan Bastian (MLB.com*): Q&A: Tommy Hottovy on holiday plans and traditions. “...what’s on your Christmas list this year?”
• Kaelen Jones (Sports Illustrated*): MLB Trade Rumors: Bryce Harper, Cubs met in Vegas at Winter Meetings. Puts a couple of stitches on Gordon Wittenmyer’s article. Evan Altman (Cubs Insider) embroiders.
• Sean Holland, Moshe Wilensky (Cubs Insider): A conversation about signing Bryce Harper. “...free agents should get all they can.”
• ESPN*: MLB Roundtable: The best, worst and what’s to come this holiday week. “Not every team has gifted its fans with new players, but maybe Santa Claus can do something about that.”
• Ron Morris (Baseball America {$}): Kyle Farnsworth: Where are they now? “To no one’s surprise, Farnsworth is in his fifth and final season as a defensive lineman on the Orlando Phantoms semipro football team.”

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