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JeffHead

(1,186 posts) Fri May 30, 2014, 12:47 PM May 2014

The Cubs are selling a folding chair Masahiro Tanaka sat in. Bidding is at $260 right now.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/30/the-cubs-are-selling-a-folding-chair-masahiro-tanka-sat-in-bidding-is-at-260-right-now/related/

They gotta pay for those renovations to Wrigley Field somehow.

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How far will the Cubs go to make a buck? Apparently this far. (Original Post) JeffHead May 2014 OP

The taxpayers aren't footing the bill. GoCubsGo May 2014 #1

If they sold the folding chairs they have Drale Jun 2014 #2

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1. The taxpayers aren't footing the bill.

Fri May 30, 2014, 07:00 PM

May 2014

So, it they can get a few bucks that way, and apparently there are people out there willing to blow that kind money, why not?

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2. If they sold the folding chairs they have

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 11:08 AM

Jun 2014

that have the National League seal or the ones with the Cub's logo on them, I'd totally buy one, they are pretty cool.