It always was. It just wasn't a clunky corporate sounding name. Older corporate names made somewhat more sense. Wrigley and Busch were heavily invested into the team or the stadium as owners, not renters of an empty name for X number of years until the high bidder game starts anew. Even if a company divested, the name stuck as tradition and continuity of team nostalgia.
Some of them are still better than others, though - the Great American Ballpark and Citi field sound a whole lot nicer than Minute Maid Park or Petco Park.
I think Skydome should be acceptable for Rogers Centre. I know it's not called that anymore, but most Jays fans still refer to it as Skydome. But awesome quiz either way!
The point of these quizzes is to know the CURRENT names. If you don't know the current names, learn them. If you don't want to learn them then you're not going to get a good score.
Guaranteed Rate Field was (New) Comiskey Park from 1991-2003. I guess Comiskey works and U.S. Cellular (the name from 2003-2016, and the only one I remembered) doesn't because of QM's stated preference for non-corporate names.
Well, this is a quiz in which I have no idea of any of the answers. Actually, I think I may have heard of the Yankee Stadium. That's it. At least I can name all of the elements of the periodic table :-)
Most Ironic Name (for contradicting the team mascot's objectification and utilization of indigenous people): Cleveland Indians ....... Most Depressingly Corporate Name: Chicago White Sox ....... Greatest Park Name Rivals: Houston Astros vs. Tampa Bay Rays (non-alcoholic division) or Colorado Rockies vs. St. Louis Cardinals vs. Milwaukee Brewers (alcoholic division)
Firstly, the OP didn’t express a preference regarding Chief Wahoo not being Progressive: it just isn’t.
And you know how you know Chief Wahoo WAS racist? Imagine a comparable version for literally any other minority group. What would an African-American, Latino, Jewish, Chinese, etc-version look like? It’d be horrifyingly racist.
I myself am Progressive and find Chief Wahoo to have been very racist. However, the NAME Cleveland Indians wasn’t racist, so them’s recently announced plan to change it bothers me as a baseball purist. The Washington Redskins HAD to change their name (it’s super racist unless it’s referring to potatoes), even if the mascot wasn’t racist; an offensive name and inoffensive symbol is the exact opposite of the Indians’ situation.
I just think changing the team’s name is a huge overreaction and for a team that has been named ‘Indians’ for over a century, it’s pretty sad.
"You paid for them, but corporations get to name them," unwavering recognition of Palestine, and planting trees with every quiz. I just love how unapologetically progressive this website is shaping out to be.
If a big, evil company like Google had a sense of humor they would purchase the naming rights to every stadium they could, until every single team played at the "Googleplex".
Fenway, just one word and nothing else, is an iconic recognozable name in the U.S. Grayson-Brandt-Pescino Diversified Financial Holdings Robert Alan Podowski Memorial Stadium just begs contempt.
I've been to eight of these, and have also seen MLB games in three stadiums that have been demolished or are no longer in use (Candlestick, Kingdome, RFK). I hope to see them all eventually :)
I think it's been a while since I've really paid attention to baseball :/
SBC Park, Pacific Bell Park (PacBell Park) for AT&T Park
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Network Associates Coliseum, McAfee Coliseum, Overstock.com Coliseum for O.co Coliseum
Anaheim Stadium, Edison International Field (of Anaheim) for Angel Stadium
Bank One Ballpark for Chase Field
The Ballpark in Arlington, Ameriquest Field in Arlington, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington for Globe Life Park in Arlington
Jacobs Field for Progressive Field
Comiskey Park for US Cellular Field
SkyDome for Rogers Centre
And that is just for stadiums that have only been renamed and not replaced entirely.
Athletics: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Mariners: T-Mobile Park
Giants: Oracle Park
And you know how you know Chief Wahoo WAS racist? Imagine a comparable version for literally any other minority group. What would an African-American, Latino, Jewish, Chinese, etc-version look like? It’d be horrifyingly racist.
I myself am Progressive and find Chief Wahoo to have been very racist. However, the NAME Cleveland Indians wasn’t racist, so them’s recently announced plan to change it bothers me as a baseball purist. The Washington Redskins HAD to change their name (it’s super racist unless it’s referring to potatoes), even if the mascot wasn’t racist; an offensive name and inoffensive symbol is the exact opposite of the Indians’ situation.
I just think changing the team’s name is a huge overreaction and for a team that has been named ‘Indians’ for over a century, it’s pretty sad.
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/122746/major-league-ballparks
If a big, evil company like Google had a sense of humor they would purchase the naming rights to every stadium they could, until every single team played at the "Googleplex".
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1316680/mlb-stadiums-by-pictures-of-unique-features-or-skylines