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Good morning! Only 56 days until the Cubs home opener. Today we have some new from NFL and NBA as well as some baseball news tossed in there.

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Reasons For Optimism In An Un-Optimisitic Year

Published on February 7th, 201226 comment

Today we look at three names who’s 2011 numbers may not be all they’re cracked up to be. Perhaps there is reason for optimism after all in 2012.

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Morning News: Hey Look, Actual Cubs News!

Published on February 7th, 201213 comment

Shuffling utility infielders, elite quarterbacks and giant mice, and suspicious mystery meat. Jeremiah has your Morning News.

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Cubs Claim Adrian Cardenas off waivers and Designate Blake DeWitt for Assignment

Published on February 6th, 201211 comment

The Chicago Cubs today claimed infielder Adrian Cardenas off waivers from the Oakland Athletics. In a corresponding 40-man roster move, infielder Blake DeWitt was designated for assignment.

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Who Am I?

Published on February 6th, 201212 comment

Who Am I? is a feature here at VFTB where we tell you a little bit about one of our regulars, you guess who it is! Have fun with it (and let us know if you’d like to be included!)

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VFTB PSA

Published on February 6th, 201219 comment

This morning we take time out for a quick public service announcement here at the site in the morning news. Oh, and by the way, the Giants won the Super Bowl.

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GO: Famous Folk

Published on February 4th, 201224 comment

The GO! column is a series of quick questions, some serious, some quirky, that allow us to hear more from you and you to hear less from us. A win win! GO!

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The Designated Headache

Published on February 3rd, 201227 comment

The Designated Hitter creates a bizarre inequality throughout the MLB. Jeremiah would like to propose a solution.

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Morning News: WGN Contest, Garza Day, Super Bowl and more!

Published on February 3rd, 201227 comment

Quite a bit of Cubs news on the final weekday before the Super Bowl. And for you musicians, there’s a contest for WGN Radio that might interest you.

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Northside Archives: Playoff Uncertainty

Published on February 2nd, 201225 comment

The Archives looks forward to the post-season today – hoping that sometime before Opening Day teams will have an idea of how they can still be playing ball in mid-October.

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Morning News: Playoffs, Violence, and Twitter Tough Guys

Published on February 2nd, 201216 comment

Not much (anything) in the way of Cubs news on Wednesday, but we’ve got playoff changes (maybe), soccer violence, and Twitter trash talk to discuss…join us, won’t you?

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Chet’s Corner: Mesa Calling

Published on February 1st, 201229 comment

I look at this Cubs team and wonder exactly what we have. I am not looking for anything outstanding here, just a few sparks for the future. As Joe’s spring training invitees column suggested yesterday, we have some new faces and some old ones too. Who will you be watching this spring?

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Morning News 2/1

Published on February 1st, 201212 comment

Cubs news is sparse these days; good thing there is only 62 days until Opening Day for the Cubbies! Enjoy the Morning News

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