Truck packed, Cubs prepare to defend WS title

Spring may seem far away, but Truck Day means it's around the corner. (Cash Kruth/MLB.com)CHICAGO -- On the same morning Punxsutawney Phil declared there to be six more weeks of winter, a moving truck was being packed outside of Wrigley Field with the promise of two more weeks until Spring Training.

Thursday marked Cubs Truck Day, when one vehicle loaded with all the necessities for Cubs players and personnel during their Spring Training stay headed to Mesa, Ariz., where the Cubs officially begin their World Series title defense.

"Once we get loaded, we're going to do the paperwork and we're doing to head out," said truck driver Lynn Ambrosy of Midway Moving and Storage on a day when…