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Friday, December 6
At least some of this year's Cubs tickets have a somewhat dated photo of the Wrigley Field scoreboard on them -- featuring Corey Patterson up to bat in 2004. Adding insult to injury, the Cubs lost that game against the Cardinals. (Thanks, Veronica!)