So, it seems to me that Progressive Field really hasn’t caught on with the fans. I know there was a strong sentiment after the name change to keep calling it The Jake or Jacob’s Field, and hell, most of us still do that by mistake even when it’s not a conscious effort.
Anyway, that brings us to No Mas and UniWatch and Citi Field. No Mas has been selling “I’m Calling it Shea” t-shirts for the past few weeks with tremendous success. Paul Lukas from UniWatch put out a notice today that he and No Mas are open to making similar shirts for fans in other cities that are forced to live with corporate-named parks. They’re gauging interest and taking input, so if you feel so inclined, shoot Paul an e-mail and let him know that, yes, we would still like to call it “The Jake” and wear something that says so.
This article appears in Apr 29 – May 5, 2009.
Being a HUGE Mets fan and now actually working at Citi Field… Will we still have to call it that when CitiGroup goes out of business??? Or will the Mets try to extort tens to hundreds of millions from another company? Will it be called McDonald’s Field or Pepsi Field in a couple years? I know in San Fran they’ve had a number of name changes to their stadium do to the fact of companies merging, but that sucks!!! Pac Bell, SBC, and now AT&T Park… I don’t want that!
I’m Calling It Shea! I just ordered two.
-Ken aka LIVEfrom718