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Originally Posted by bender07
Great read. This part struck me as odd after spending $25K on travel expenses:
Of the remaining living players, including Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan, Mr. Carhart acknowledged the challenge of getting them to be part of his project, especially because he cannot afford to pay the autograph fees most players charge today. He is not seeking an autograph, but an addition to something he planned to donate for public display.
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The travel expenses probably weren't just for him - he may have spent $5K on a family vacation and visited 6 cemeteries while on vacation, and is lumping in the whole $5K as part of the cost of the project.
That was my take, and probably why he doesn't want to drop $500 for Mays to scowl at the camera while holding the ball.