Wrigley gums up idea of paying for Wrigley Field name
I'm with Sam - my very own CEO - on this Wrigley naming rights issue.
Yo, Wrigley, pay up!
The gum industry is healthier than the newspaper industry right now; it's only right.
The Wrigleys do not necessarily agree with me on this, it seems.
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2 out of 3 dentists recommend the Cubs choose Trident over anything else for their new name to the Friendly Confines.
I dunno Neil,
Mr Zell and your folks at the Tribune Company might be walking into a minefield here.....
What is Wrigley Gum anymore?
It doesn't exist except for Orbitz and Big Red chewing gums.
So.....The Tribune People get a coupla 10 million bucks from the Wrigley Company for the naming rights to this venerable shrine and then Bill Wrigley says he wants to call it.....
BIG RED FIELD????
Next thing ya know there's a couple of statues of Pete Rose and Joe Morgan and Tony Perez et.al interspersed within the Ivy in centerfield?
Eventually people all over the North Side of Chicago suffer identity crises and start orderering BBQ ribs in lieu of deep dish pizza, or goettas instead of all beef Chicago dogs.
(Not bad alternatives in my opinion).
Before you know it, 110 years of iconic Chicago Culture is wiped from the face of the earth.
Sometimes ya gotta be careful on what you wish for.
That should be 4 out of 5 dentists.