US Cellular naming rights

How long is the contract for US Cellular on the Sox? I started to wonder this after seeing a commercial about Cubs fans crying not to change Wrigley's name because it has been that forever. When US Cellular's contract with us expires, can someone else buy the name and change it back to Comisky? That would be amazing.

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Wrigley's a corporate name, too.

I’m fine with it being called the Cell. The money brought in by the naming rights was used to improve the park experience dramatically. It’s not a “take the money” thing like Jacobs/Progressive.

I wish they never named the new park Comiskey. I’d rather it be something like South Side Grounds.

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by Sox Machine on Jan 4, 2009 12:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I agree. I remember trying to defend this point to, well, Cubs fans, who are known to grasp at any straw of leverage to heckle Sox fans.

The park today is so gorgeous and inviting compared to the old (new) Comiskey.
I like the old name and still refer to it as Comiskey, or Comiskular mostly, but every stadium (for the most part) is named after its corporate sponsor…so what’s the big effin deal? Look what we got for changing that name! Dark green and black. :D So classy.

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Jan 4, 2009 12:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I believe it was named after William Wrigley

who owned the gum company but was named after him and not his company

"Oh, that's easy. White Sox. I'm not one of these fair-weather fans. You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer; beautiful people up there. People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball. South Side." -O'Bama

by Hawk is God on Jan 5, 2009 6:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

distinction without a difference.

by larry on Jan 5, 2009 8:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ehh

I don’t really care what the park is named…

Frankly, I hope they change the name of Wrigley, it would be fun to see the collective meltdown of “Cubs Nation”

by 815Sox on Jan 5, 2009 10:22 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Flagged for describing a fan base as "nation"

who the hell do you think you are, ESPN?

My Mom and Dad went to Oklahoma, and all they brought back for me was this signature.

by rhythm on Jan 5, 2009 10:49 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

From the one who goes by "rhythm Nation".

Ms. Jackson, if you’re nasty.

I would rather douse a newspaper in gasoline, wrap it around my penis and light it on fire then relive that experience
by armedpp on Aug 29, 2007 2:36 AM EDT

by winningugly on Jan 5, 2009 11:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

wu!

thats a 80’s music reference!
not too shabby for an OPOS.
you freaking hipster, you.

"Those god damned Cubs get all of the publicity in this town." -George S. Halas, after the Babe's called shot and the Yankees sweep in the World Series, 1932.

by e-gus on Jan 5, 2009 12:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Notice the quotes

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Its

Sarcasm, Mockery, Scorn, Scoffing… take your pick.

by 815Sox on Jan 5, 2009 2:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Whoosh.

First of 2009!

I would rather douse a newspaper in gasoline, wrap it around my penis and light it on fire then relive that experience
by armedpp on Aug 29, 2007 2:36 AM EDT

by winningugly on Jan 5, 2009 2:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I would like to take this opportunity to both congratulate and thank you...

for making your 2009 New Year’s resolution to lay off the bottle. ;)

You’ve done your research, gotten sharper and we, as a community, are all beneficiaries. Keep up the good work, OPOS.

My Mom and Dad went to Oklahoma, and all they brought back for me was this signature.

by rhythm on Jan 5, 2009 4:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

TY.

Welcome back, crackhead.

I would rather douse a newspaper in gasoline, wrap it around my penis and light it on fire then relive that experience
by armedpp on Aug 29, 2007 2:36 AM EDT

by winningugly on Jan 5, 2009 7:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dorks lighting shit on fire

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/500726/whoosh_bottle_experiment/

by 815Sox on Jan 5, 2009 6:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Fucking amateur

That “crushing the bottle” bit was comical. What a boner.

On the exploding things line of thinking, I read an article that appeared in a mid-December 2008 issue of the New Yorker that talked about some truck driver obsessed with building an accurate replica of the first atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima. Interesting story about an obsessive man, if you have the time.

My Mom and Dad went to Oklahoma, and all they brought back for me was this signature.

by rhythm on Jan 6, 2009 12:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs