Sox Cell plan expires.

[Banedon]

[Tim]

omg does that sound white trashy

[David]

that feels like one step above titlemax field or something

[Ding Dong Johnson]

"Welcome to Frank's Meats Field"

[Cubswin11]

"Guaranteed Rate Field at Payday Loans Stadium" Edited August 24, 2016 by Cubswin11

[Sammy Sofa]

This is incredible.

[jersey cubs fan]

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[UMFan83]

Laugh all you want but I'm assuming at least Guaranteed Rate is a business that operates in the Chicago area unlike US Cellular.

[Sammy Sofa]

Second reply on WSI:

 

I ****ing hate this franchise so much right now.

[Liam Neeson]

I'm still convinced this has to be fake.

 

The company's symbol is a red down arrow.....

 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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holy horsefeathers, yes!

[Tim]

I'm still convinced this has to be fake.

 

The company's symbol is a red down arrow.....

 

this just keeps getting better

[davell]

Chris Sale can't be pleased.

[jersey cubs fan]

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[Clem Fandango]

Found on Reddit:

 

My Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 10 years old when my mother said to him, 'If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you have to stop immediately.'. Tears welled up in his eyes when he realized what exactly was at stake. He gave it up immediately. Three years later he died of lung cancer. It was really sad and destroyed me. My mother said to me- 'Don't ever smoke. Please don't put your family through what your Grandfather put us through." I agreed. At 28, I have never touched a cigarette. I must say, I feel a very slight sense of regret for never having done it, because this AWFUL stadium name gave me cancer anyway.

[BigSlick]

I have gone over the course of the season from anger that a bum ass team was taking any attention from the Cubs, to laughing at how ludicrously bad they became, to just flat out feeling bad for Sox fans.

 

Nobody deserves the indignity of saying "I'm going to see the baseball game at Guaranteed Rate Field"

 

Well, maybe Cards fans.

[Sammy Sofa]

I can't wait until it's "AB InBev Field."

[Lefty]

If this is true, one would have to imagine another financial crisis around the corner.

[Brian707]

Second reply on WSI:

 

I ****ing hate this franchise so much right now.

 

 

Ha, that thread is now 17 pages. Dr Crawdad really hates the Cubs, and is butt hurt over the Cubs twitter page

[Banedon]

[Ding Dong Johnson]

hahahahaha, it looks so much more hideous than I imagined

[Sammy Sofa]

This, White Sox brass and the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, is what can happen when you throw yourself in bed with corporations for money. (And not all that much money! The naming-rights deal is just $2 million a year. The most recent MLB deals for which terms are available are Citi Field, which costs $21 million a year, and Target Field, at $5.3M per. The MLB average is $4.4 million per year.)

 

http://deadspin.com/white-sox-didnt-want-giant-downward-arrow-on-their-stad-1788440027

 

Well, now I just feel kinda bad for them.

[David]

That has to be the most poorly made logo for any company who can afford naming rights to an MLB stadium.

 

two horribly mismatched fonts...the main logo font is like the most vanilla helvetica-esque lettering. and then a giant red arrow. it's awful.

[KatJ]

 

Maybe they should try an acronym: GRF.

 

Hm. That's kinda bad too.

[Billy_Buck]

 

Maybe they should try an acronym: GRF.

 

Hm. That's kinda bad too.

The G-Rate.

The GRate. Or same, the Grate.

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There is no salvaging this.