Chicago Cubs (3x World Series Champions)

[NOTREDAMECHIEF]

Whats is the deal with Wrigley Field? Most everyone thinks it is such a great place but having been there all I thought was that is was old and the home of a team that has not won since 1908.....

 

[JXC]

Haven't been there. But i've been to Fenway. And I can tell you that it was the most amazing baseball park i've ever seen. I wish the Reds never would have moved out of Crossley field.

 

[NOTREDAMECHIEF]

I may get to go to Fenway this year as the wife gets an all expenses paid trip to Boston! 25 years at her Insurance Company

 

[MD Buckeye]

Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball - CBSSports.com

Owner won't hesitate to sell Wrigley Field naming rights

CHICAGO -- The chief executive officer of the Tribune Company says he won't hesitate to sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field -- even if baseball purists don't like the idea.

During an interview on CNBC, Sam Zell says despite Wrigley Field being known worldwide, he didn't get a discount because he wasn't going to use the naming rights that the field represents.

Zell said he plans to sell the Cubs and Wrigley separately and in his own time frame. He also disclosed that Major League Baseball has approved "four or six" potential ownership groups and that any one of them would be fine.
The sale of the team has been delayed by Zell's plan to sell the team and the stadium separately, and to have a state agency acquire and renovate Wrigley.

 

[BuckeyeRyn]

Been to Wrigley, Fenway and Yankee stadiums... I feel they all have this sort-of "old-soul" feeling to them. Much enjoyment!

 

[MD Buckeye]

Been to Wrigley, Fenway and Yankee stadiums... I feel they all have this sort-of "old-soul" feeling to them. Much enjoyment!

I've been thinking of going to a game @ Fenway this Summer. Which was your favorite out of the three?

 

[BuckeyeRyn]

I've been thinking of going to a game @ Fenway this Summer. Which was your favorite out of the three?

Hard to say... each holds a special memory with me...

Wrigley, a trip with DGADBTWSOM, his dad and a guy I used to work for, had a blast.

Yankee stadium, my 10th year anniversary gift to BKB (10 year is diamond, why not a baseball diamond? awesome seats, with full service waitresses, security, much easier when you know someone close to Steinbrenner.)

Fenway, again, another trip with DGAD.. we took the tour, have the pictures to prove it... On a seperate occassion though I did attend a game there...

Not an easy pick for me... as I mentioned, they all have this "old soul" baseball feeling to them. If I could only make it to one stadium and had no recollection of my time spent there I would have to Wrigley or Fenway... and of those two I would have to narrow it to......hmmm, the winner is...........









Wrigley

 

[MD Buckeye]

Haha, good stuff!! Thanks!

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Whats is the deal with Wrigley Field? Most everyone thinks it is such a great place but having been there all I thought was that is was old and the home of a team that has not won since 1988.....

One little change, and it's an apt description of a visit to Notre Dame Stadium.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Re: Owner won't hesitate to sell Wrigley Field naming rights

It was also called Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926 before finally being renamed for then Cubs team owner and chewing gum industrialist William Wrigley Jr. I kind of thought that the naming rights were already sold.

Wrigley Field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[coastalbuck]

Maybe they could do something like some universities do, Wrigley Field at Google ballpark or something like that.... I'd sorta hate to see it change totally.

Some people find this rather unsettling. Deadspin

Of course our friend Mariotti is all in a sweaty panic over this, which kind of makes me think it might be a good idea. But then I'm not a Cubs fan.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Baseball
Chicago fans aren't bullish on renaming Wrigley Field

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 3:05 AM
By Rick Gano


Associated Press

CHICAGO -- Wrigley Field is a shrine of sorts, a top Chicago tourist attraction and haven for baseball fans who revel in its throwback ivy-covered walls while partying and rooting for their Cubbies.
There have been changes over the years, some that initially made purists cringe: lights in 1988, advertising on the walls, new bleachers and this past offseason a makeover of the playing surface.

Continued.....

 

[OSUsushichic]

If Wrigley gets renamed, the terrorists have won. :(

 

[coastalbuck]

If Wrigley gets renamed, the terrorists have won. :(

Yeah, I can see it now. Fenway/Magic Bullet Park!

 

[fourteenandoh]