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The Rundown: Cubs Boost Rotation, Manfred Champions Golden Idea, Red Sox Sign Chapman

I don’t know how you spent your Thanksgiving weekend, but I have been bogged down by seven days of holiday decorating mixed in with several home improvement projects. It’s good to be writing about baseball once again. Nothing makes the time off any better than baseball trades, football games, lots of music, and, for me, jury duty yesterday and today. Well, maybe not that last part.

Let’s go with The Last Waltz while marching onward with today’s column. As Martin Scorcese says at the top of the legendary film, “Play Loud.” Are we done with leftovers yet?