Chisoxfn Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Odds and Ends: You Know it is Just a Name By: Mario Scalise Dated: Sunday, Febuary 2, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkDJ Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 It was interesting to see how Buehrle and Williams were joking together on Saturday. Especially when they were talking about Sandy and Williams interrups and says "That would be tampering...I'm sure Mark Buehrle could tell you about that." or something of the likes. Also Someone in the crowd shouted out "why don't you give the money to Buehrle?" in response to US Cellular Field and Buehrle gave him a thumbs up and said to KW "I didn't say it, he did". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 thanks for that - I didn't see saturday's session so i appreciate the report. Mario: great article. As you say, who cares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotsoxchick1 Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 well i care... i mean when does it end? im sick of this corp. naming rights s***... dont they take up enough time on the tv and radios with their commercials, plaster their names all over the bill boards on the highways..... now they have to put their names all over the only one thing i have left in this world to enjoy..... nothing in this world sickens me more than looking out to those outfield walls and seeing s*** like com ed, pepsi, viagra, price waterhouse.. as if we f***ing care about who sponsors the damn radar gun? ill bet half the fans dont even know what the hell a pricewater house is.....and com ed.. isnt it enough they cut the power off in the summer time with their rolling black outs and for them to have the gall to remind us of it in huge red letters on an outfield wall in a ball park... gees us........... and its not like the number one beer in the midwest isnt miller.. for crying out loud do we have to be reminded of it on a score board..like it being the only beer to drink in the park isnt reminder enough????wtf gives........im sick of corp whoremongers taking up every little bit of space to get their names stuck in our heads.... i say leave it for the commercials on tv and keep my enjoyment space commercial free.........not to mention the history that goes with the name comiskey.. yeah they should have burried the name when they took down the old park... no doubt there.. but some genius decided to carry it over and it should remain no matter who buys or owns the grounds.. its just the way it is.. like a tombstone.. we dont go etching new ones each time a new church puts their name on the cemetary gates.. and we shouldnt be changing our ball parks names each time some corp. buys the rights to the building or grounds it sits on..........its just not right...........thats my opinion on the subject............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 now they have to put their names all over the only one thing i have left in this world to enjoy..... Not until the naming rights are sold for: 1. your kids 2. sex 3. margaritas 4. Magglio's ass 5. Borchard's body 6. your friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotsoxchick1 Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 lol cw... but honestly now.. when i was 5 i could tell ya that if you dialed 588-2300 you would ge the empire carpet man.. hell i knew that phone number better than my own at that age... and i could also tell ya that mc donalds at that point in time had over 1 billion served......wtf... when does corp. whoremongering stop???? or do we have to wait till they run out of money or go through an "enron" type of thing before we hear the end of them????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 it never ends - I am glad we are using it shrewdly for a change - be glad that these people didn't buy the naming rights so you'd have to call it Williams Field http://www.williamshvac.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolpapa Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Any takers to the naming rights of my next child? So far the highest bidder is EA Sports, followed closely by Coors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotsoxchick1 Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 yeah i guess it could be worse.. i mean proctor and gamble could have bought it... imagine tampax stadium or kotex field.... how about preperation h ball park........gees the possibilities are endless...........lol.......i still refuse to call it other than comiskey........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 http://www.la-isla.com/hotel_directory/ If the Margarita Isle Chamber of Commerce had bought the rights, you would not only be all over the new name, you'd be the Queen of Margarita Park! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotsoxchick1 Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 now see that i could live with.. either that or jose cuervo park... both ring nice bells to me........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 Any takers to the naming rights of my next child? So far the highest bidder is EA Sports, followed closely by Coors. Soxnet.net will offer $1, but the dollar has to go towards renovations to the tatoo that he will be getting on his back that says: "Real White Sox News, For Real White Sox Fans" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotsoxchick1 Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 ill add a couple of $$$ to that offer... i wanna see this tatoo as the kid grows up ...lol.......as the fan base grows so does the kids tattoo.......lol............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 well i care... i mean when does it end? im sick of this corp. naming rights s***... dont they take up enough time on the tv and radios with their commercials, plaster their names all over the bill boards on the highways..... now they have to put their names all over the only one thing i have left in this world to enjoy..... nothing in this world sickens me more than looking out to those outfield walls and seeing s*** like com ed, pepsi, viagra, price waterhouse.. as if we f***ing care about who sponsors the damn radar gun? ill bet half the fans dont even know what the hell a pricewater house is.....and com ed.. isnt it enough they cut the power off in the summer time with their rolling black outs and for them to have the gall to remind us of it in huge red letters on an outfield wall in a ball park... gees us........... and its not like the number one beer in the midwest isnt miller.. for crying out loud do we have to be reminded of it on a score board..like it being the only beer to drink in the park isnt reminder enough????wtf gives........im sick of corp whoremongers taking up every little bit of space to get their names stuck in our heads.... i say leave it for the commercials on tv and keep my enjoyment space commercial free.........not to mention the history that goes with the name comiskey.. yeah they should have burried the name when they took down the old park... no doubt there.. but some genius decided to carry it over and it should remain no matter who buys or owns the grounds.. its just the way it is.. like a tombstone.. we dont go etching new ones each time a new church puts their name on the cemetary gates.. and we shouldnt be changing our ball parks names each time some corp. buys the rights to the building or grounds it sits on..........its just not right...........thats my opinion on the subject............. Hey Darlin'.... Don't hold back. Say what you really feel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleM23 Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 lol cw... but honestly now.. when i was 5 i could tell ya that if you dialed 588-2300 you would ge the empire carpet man.. hell i knew that phone number better than my own at that age... and i could also tell ya that mc donalds at that point in time had over 1 billion served......wtf... when does corp. whoremongering stop???? or do we have to wait till they run out of money or go through an "enron" type of thing before we hear the end of them????? It's called capitalism. Anyways, who really cares? As long as the White Sox play there, call it whatever the f*** they want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxieGirl30 Posted February 5, 2003 Share Posted February 5, 2003 yeah they should have burried the name when they took down the old park... no doubt there I didn't like the name change at the beginning either. I agree that it never should have moved. I still think of Comiskey as the old stadium. That was the Comiskey I knew growing up and nothing will ever be the same as it was. Just like nothing will ever be the same as the old Chicago Stadium. The people there were smart and didn't try to make Chicago Staduim II. True, the new name is just another extension of shameless promotion on the behalf of all the companies in America, but I guess that is the price of capitalism. The new name thing is starting to grow a little. I still think it should be something more tied to the city, like Sox Park or something (hey isn't that what everyone calls it anyway?) But hell, as long as the name change comes out as a positive for the Soxies, I guess it doesn't matter what the name on the park says. Although that leaves a lot up to the team, what the renovations are that will be done, and also to us, the fans. Our support of the team will be the best encourgement. Attendance was absolutely sad last year. That will be the test for the real fans, coming out and supporting our team. I know that will be one of the first thing I do when I leave Peoria for summer in Chicago, will be to get my butt to a Sox game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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