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Local Cubs broadcast has a hard time with MLB team names

ABC-7 Chicago aired the broadcast of the Chicago Cubs game on Wednesday and showed off a new graphic to start the year.

ABC-7 Chicago aired the broadcast of the Chicago Cubs game on Wednesday and showed off a new graphic to start the year.

It seems that whoever built the graphic could have used a little more time in spring training though as they made multiple typos with team names.

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The station should be granted some leeway as Wednesday marked the first time the station has broadcast a Cubs game since 1949, although we are fairly sure it was still spelled Milwaukee all the way back then.

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[Deadspin]

- Brendan Maloy

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