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The start of MLB’s winter meetings, the debate over Notre Dame-Miami for a College Football Playoff spot, the evolution of the World Cup into the Trump Cup and other things to ponder while counting down the minutes until the Chicago Bears hit the frozen tundra.

Baseball’s winter meetings begin Monday in Orlando, Fla., and the Cubs and White Sox are ready to make some noise … relatively speaking.

The Cubs reportedly made some news Saturday in their pursuit of starting pitching, but a viral tweet about closing in on an agreement with Zac Gallen was quickly retracted, and the Hot Stove League returned to its regularly scheduled crawl, already in progress.

Interest in Gallen makes sense, however, and his friendship with Cubs catcher Carson Kell

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