Play Ball! Over 100 GoFundMe Campaigns Raise $100,000 For Baseball Tickets

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Ticket prices have skyrocketed, but that's not stopping diehard Cubs and Indians fans from doing everything they can to catch a game at Wrigley or Progressive Field. To date, 114 GoFundMe campaigns have raised roughly $100,000 to purchase baseball tickets.

Here are just a few of the GoFundMe campaigns:

Blues Road To the World Series
Campaign stats:
$28,588 raised by 231 people in 1 day
Rogers, AR
Rooting for: Cubs
Click here to support Blues Road To the World Series by Linley Latta Dust
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Get my Grandpa to the World Series
Campaign stats:
$12,620 raised by 496 people in 2 days
Niles, IL
Rooting for: Cubs
Click here to support Get my Grandpa to the World Series by Helen Schlegel
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Send Mr. Gage to the World Series!
Campaign stats:
$2,560 raised by 101 people in 6 days
Struthers, OH
Rooting for: Indians
Click here to support Send Mr. Gage to the World Series! by Josh Miely
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Let's send Edna to see her Cubs win
$9,185 raised by 152 people in 2 days
Chippewa Falls, WI
Rooting for: Cubs
Click here to support Let's send Edna to see her Cubs win by Mary Jacobson
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Let's Get Richie To The Cubbies Game
Campaign stats:
$6,734 raised by 119 people in 3 days
San Pedro, CA
Rooting for: Cubs
Click here to support Let's Get Richie To The Cubbies Game by Lauryn Mishel
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Marske Breaks the Curse
Campaign stats:
$2,820 raised by 112 people in 3 days
Eaton Rapids, MI
Rooting for: Cubs
Click here to support Marske Breaks the Curse by Travis Spitzley
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About GoFundMe
Launched in 2010, GoFundMe is the world's largest social fundraising platform, with over $3 billion raised so far. With a community of more than 25 million donors, GoFundMe is changing the way the world gives.

SOURCE GoFundMe