WRIGLEY FIELD TO BE RE-NAMED?
02.27.08
Tribune Corporation CEO Sam Zell has come under fire recently because he's selling the Cubs and Wrigley Field separately in an attempt to maximize his profit. Or something like that, I'm not really sure. It's kind of complex, and I can't really concentrate because 100% of Chicago fans under the age of 40 have blogs, and all of them expect a national discussion every time Ozzie Guillen speaks or the Bears make a roster change.
Anyway, despite his anti-traditional stance of selling the naming rights to Wrigley, Zell seems like a pretty down to earth guy:
"Wrigley is an obvious world-wide icon and Wrigley Field is world-wide known. But, in the world of economics, when I bought the Tribune, I didn't get a discount because I wasn't going to use the naming rights that field represents," Zell said… "Perhaps the Wrigley Co. will decide that, after getting it for free for so long, that it's time to pay for it." [...]
"Excuse me for being sarcastic, but the idea of a debate occurring over what I should do with my asset leaves me somewhat questioning the integrity of the debate… There's a lot of people who would like to buy the Cubs and would like to buy the Cubs under their terms and conditions and, unfortunately, have to deal with me," Zell told a CNBC interviewer.
Zell then laughed by sticking out his lower lip and rapidly moving his jaw up and down, and complained that it was impossible for him to get from his favorite top hat store to his preferred monocle shop without having to look at a poor person.

Wait a second, smart rich guys run sports? God save us.
They should name the field, Bartman Field…That guy was awesome!!!!
Could we possible get another Qwest sponsored field? Here's hoping.
This is the perfect opportunity for Weiner Circle to branch out.
The guy is squeezing every penny out of the Cubs before he leaves. He's a fucking leech. I want him to die.
Also: "and all of them expect a national discussion every time Ozzie Guillen speaks or the Bears make a roster change."
Oh, wah, wah, wah. The least you could do is not bitch about it since we've been stuck listening to the insuffrable pricks on each coast screaming at each other about whether or not A-Rod likes manly chicks, Jeeter's terrible fielding %, and every other mondane, bullshit story to come out of NY or LA. The middies at least took the opportunity to stomp out the bullshit media for the most part in Chi-town w/blogging it appears.
I think a national discussion is perfectly reasonable if the roster changes involve the Sex Cannon. Any city he plays in needs to be prepared for the resulting boom in population.
I also may have missed on some sarcasm, I dunno, I'm only bright in the morning. Afternoon rolls around, I just don't care anymore…
Ditka Field.
It's kind of complex, and I can't really concentrate because 100% of Chicago fans under the age of 40 have blogs…..
Hey!! I'm one of those people!!!
Also, I find it quite hilarious that Cubs fans can't believe that Wrigley would be re-named after some corporation…….when the field is currently named after a corporation.
I hope Zell burns it down and shits on the ashes.
I would have no issue with Old Style Field
If I was Wrigley I’d tell Zell to fuck off.
A.) Corporate name it whatever you want, no one is going to call it anything besides Wrigley Field.
2.) Wrigley is on the National Register of Historic Places, in a historical and architectural savvy city like Chicago you have a 0% chance of taking down the Wrigley Field sign.
@swany — Apparently I hit a little to close to home, eh?
Grimey, I pray for that scenario.
*too, rather
Baseball sold out to corporate greed the day Fenway was renamed "Massengill Field."
Wait, what? It wasn't? I just assumed.
Valtrex Field anybody?
How about Summers Eve Park?
Top of the ninth, so the Cubs still have a chance to blow that 3 run lead over the Pirates.
And by "blow" I mean to suck its dick.
@289: I thought you were going to write the ChiSox preview? Leitch thought it better to give it to someone who didn't 'pay attention to the team last year', eh?
I was busting Fornelli's balls. He was actually really concerned that he wasn't going to get to do it. Oops.
Leitch thought it better to give it to someone who didn't 'pay attention to the team last year', eh?
Well that would have been me too. They were a boring pile of suck last year.
This ballpark could easily be named Massengill Field
Let's see, full of arrogant, fuming losers with a great sense of self-awareness…
The City of Chicago Field?
Cross Your Heart Field? For all the shirtless college guys calling each other "bra".
Let's see, full of arrogant, fuming losers with a great sense of self-awareness…
Yankee Stadium is already taken
@Matt
I guess. I'm a Cubs and Sox fan and I have a lot of appreciation for both teams and both fields. But it would be a travesty to knock down Wrigley, let alone rename it after some stupid corp.
Victory Field would be a hilarious name though.
But… but… it's already NAMED after a stupid corporation that sells various minty products Minty products that have absolutely nothing to do with baseball!
/head explodes
would it be okay if we talked about a team that had won a championship in since, um…you know…like since any of us have been alive?
and you just pipe down grandpa
They could probably do something with Century 21 that would go along with their century of complete and utter shittiness, no?
Its not really named after a corporation. Both it and the chewing gun are named after a person, William Wrigley. Kind of like Busch stadium is named after the family, not the crappy beer. I guess it doesn't make much difference in the end, but since Cardinal fans are retards (looking at you ms. future rick ankiel), I figured they could use the explanation.
Busch Stadium is named after the beer now. If it were named after a non-crappy beer, it would be called Corona Stadium.
I'm guessing that you drink your Coronas with a side of Appletini.
Bartman Ballpark
Field of Bad Dreams
House of Losers
Corona Stadium?
/Sombrero tipped gently towards the Mexican players
//Hispanic works as well
What the hell is an Appletini?
"Sam Zell is a proud American who respects Tradition and honors the good people of Chicago." - Robert Irsay