I know this is heresy, but I don’t give a shit if Sam Zell wants to rename Wrigley Field.
Listen up, people: Wrigley is a corporate name. Who gives a crap if it’s Wrigley Field or Tampax Stadium? It’s baseball. Can we please get a grip? If you’re going to accept the name of one corporation, it’s stupid to object to the name of another corporation.
(I recognize that I’ve been disinherited from my family at this point.)
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I wouldn’t call Wrigley Field a corporate-named ballpark. It was re-named by an owner of the team, in honor of himself, who just happened to also be the founder of the gum company. It’s a Trump-esque ego-laden name, true, but not strictly corporate.
Perrick is right. It’s much different than the corporate ballpark names of today. That said I could give a shit if they rename it.
You know, I’m not sure that I really buy into it… sure it’s named in honor of the Wrigley dude, but I totally think of the Doublemint Twins when I think of Wrigley. So isn’t that an early form of corporate advertising?
That being said, the Cubs are totally corporate. They don’t take a poop without test marketing the results. You know what would really help the franchise? A world series, yo.
A World Series? Perish the thought. Everyone loves the underdog, and you don’t get much doggier than the long-suffering Cubs.