This just in from ESPN3 online..

by Weeghman Park on Oct 5, 2008 1:04 PM CDT

Commisioner of Baseball Bud Selig and Philippino industrialist Eduardo Manda announced this morning a surprise ending to the ongoing Chicago Cubs sales proceedings. At 8:05AM CST, Selig and Manda held a press conference to announce that a group of businessmen from Manilla, Philippines had come to preliminary agreement in principle with the Tribune Company to purchase the Cubs baseball team for $530 million dollars plus a player to be named later. Manda made a fortune after inheriting his family's bamboo plantation and creating the largest paper products office supply manufacturing company in the Pacific Rim, specializing in hard copy filing products.

At the same time, Commisioner Selig announced the expansion of MLB to the Philippines to "tap new markets of baseball fans and consumers." The storied Wrigley Field ballpark was not a part of the deal as the team will be moved to Manilla starting in the 2009 regular season. It was not immediately known what the historic landmark's fate would be but a Tribune spokesperson, speaking off the record, indicated it was going to be turned into the American Futility Museum and that the Museum board, led by well-known Chicago personality Elwood P. Blues, was applying for a minor league baseball franchise license and hoped that the museum and minor league action would be open for business by April 1, 2009.

Manda noted that the Philippines is a hotbed of baseball fandom, and that the sport is second only to 10 Ball in interest there. He closed by saying that the team name would change as a result of the move to the "Manilla Folders."

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this isnt serious is it?

by mattpsu on Oct 5, 2008 1:13 PM CDT reply actions

theres no ESPN 3

yet…

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Oct 5, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Read that article again...

And if you still can’t tell if it’s serious, I don’t know how to help you.

by cublessinmilwaukee on Oct 5, 2008 1:15 PM CDT reply actions

I thought they were moving to India

And changing their name to the Bombay Doors

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Oct 5, 2008 1:16 PM CDT reply actions

Lame...

very lame…..and very old.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Oct 5, 2008 1:17 PM CDT reply actions

It's very lame and older than I am and that's why it's so sad

Tommie Agee was out.

by Weeghman Park on Oct 5, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL ok now that's funny I don't care who you are

Fat , drunk , and ,stupid is no way to go through life son.

by alabebo on Oct 5, 2008 1:18 PM CDT reply actions

considering how they folded

in the playoffs, it’s an apt name

This hurts.

by Emelie on Oct 5, 2008 1:30 PM CDT reply actions

This is an old stupid joke

This is an old stupid joke that has been around since I was a child.

And idiots repeat it every year.

Thngs of worth are worth fighting for regardless of the odds.

by puckishcubsfan on Oct 5, 2008 2:06 PM CDT reply actions

Glad I lightened your day a little.

You guys are taking this way too seriously. And for the post below if you type “Manilla” into any office supply site you get “folders.” That’s closer than we got to a WS. You guys need to chill out, have a drink and come back in the spring. This is supposed to be a fun game so let’s have some fun. Only idiots take it too seriously, mr have to change your screen name now. I am as upset and disappointed in this team as I have been in 45 years but is’t just a damn game. It’s not a tragedy. Katrina and Ike were tragedies; this is a boy’s game that a few lucky guys get paid millions of dollars to play. That’s all.

Tommie Agee was out.

by Weeghman Park on Oct 5, 2008 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions