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Old 03-10-2009, 07:52 AM
 
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Its just annoying.
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:00 AM
 
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
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They didn't come up with "The Cell" to sound hep, they came up with it because it's cumbersome to spew out "U.S. Cellular Field" each time.
Yeah, there's that too. Of course the media people could do like everybody else and say "Sox Park" but that just wouldn't do as it would deprive a business of a plug, thus their need for "The Cell'.

Their need, nobody else's.
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:08 AM
 
Location: Blankity-blank!
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Comiskey Park was a much better name because of the tradition. US Cellular wasn't even in existence half as long as the White Sox. It just gives the place a hollow sound, reeking of commercialism. When the Sox fans refer to it as Sox park that is much better.
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:35 AM
 
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Wait... You'd prefer that the park in Houston had remained "Enron Field"?
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:37 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Wait... You'd prefer that the park in Houston had remained "Enron Field"?
At least that way you could call it "Ten-Run Field" or "Home-Run Field." Nowadays the best they can do is "The Juicebox."
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Old 03-10-2009, 08:50 AM
 
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Geezz... that wasn't the point. But Minute Maid Park sounds so retarded for such a magnificent ballpark.


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Wait... You'd prefer that the park in Houston had remained "Enron Field"?
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Old 03-10-2009, 09:10 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Geezz... that wasn't the point. But Minute Maid Park sounds so retarded for such a magnificent ballpark.
Could be worse... I'm waiting for ShamWow Stadium or Snuggie Park...
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Old 03-10-2009, 09:26 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Geezz... that wasn't the point. But Minute Maid Park sounds so retarded for such a magnificent ballpark.
Eh. It's a corporate name, which is fitting for a park with a decorative train, decorative hill, and needlessly short corner dimensions.

Worst stadium in baseball.
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Old 03-10-2009, 09:31 AM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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God I hate the Astros.
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Old 03-10-2009, 09:45 AM
 
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Yes, I hate it.
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