# Corporate Ballpark Names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 30, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072 "2001-11-30T03:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/21 "2001-11-30T22:58:29Z")
Thanks for the correction **Finn** , you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/22 "2001-12-01T01:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rastahomie \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > > \*\*Actually, _two_ major league baseball teams played in stadia named for a chewing gum company . . . \*\* > > OK ya go me. What’s the other one? > > [sub]I know I’m going to kick myself when I learn the answer.[/sub] \*\* Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! The Los Angeles Angels played their first season, 1961, in Wrigley Field in LA, previously the home of the minor league franchise of the same name that had been the top farm team of the Chicago Cubs. “The other Wrigley Field” can be seen in Home Run Derby rebroadcasts on ESPN Classic, and was the site of several baseball movies. There are other old parks named for their owners. Briggs Stadium and Navin Field were the previous names of Tiger Stadium. Wanna guess who owned the team when? Or who owned the Pirates when Forbes Field was built? Any guesses who owned the Indians when Jacobs Field was built, for a newer example? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/23 "2001-12-01T02:55:12Z")
The first “neotraditional” baseball stadium in the United States was built in Buffalo, New York – it was the model for parks such as Camden Yards and Coors Field. What is the name of that stadium? Dunn Tire Park. Might as well be Bob’s Sunoco Field, for all it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/24 "2001-12-01T04:08:41Z")
I say let’s just all follow the example of the Texas Rangers; The Ballpark in Arlington. Or at least it was last I knew. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/25 "2001-12-01T04:34:57Z")
And then there were the Polo Grounds, sponsored by Ralph Lauren. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/26 "2001-12-01T05:27:53Z")
Well, 3Com will not be renewing its contract with the 49ers and the city of San Francisco following the end of the football stadium. Baruch hashem, maybe we’ll go back to Candlestick Park. Not like anyone not being paid to actually ever called it anything else. Except maybe “that godforsaken hellhole”, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/27 "2001-12-01T16:35:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > **The Los Angeles Angels played their first season, 1961, in Wrigley Field in LA, previously the home of the minor league franchise of the same name that had been the top farm team of the Chicago Cubs. “The other Wrigley Field” can be seen in Home Run Derby rebroadcasts on ESPN Classic, and was the site of several baseball movies.** And one episode of “The Munsters”. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/28 "2001-12-02T00:59:40Z")
Here in Lansing, our minor league team plays at Oldsmobile Park. General Motors put up a million dollars for the naming rights. For a class A team.:rolleyes: GM is now shutting Olds down. No word on if they are going to rename the stadium. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/29 "2001-12-02T11:08:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyla \* > \*\*Baruch hashem, maybe we’ll go back to Candlestick Park. Not like anyone not being paid to actually ever called it anything else. Except maybe “that godforsaken hellhole”, of course. \*\* Slight hijack, but I’ve always wondered how did they get that name? Candlestick? ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/30 "2001-12-02T13:03:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JosephFinn \* > > Wrigley Field was named after William Wrigley, but he was a well-respected owner (previously, the field had been Weegham Park, back when the Federals and Whales played there. _When the Cubs were moved from Cincinatti,_ the park was named Cubs Park in 1920, and then Wrigley Field in 1926). \*\* I believe that the Cubbies are an original National League franchise dating to the 1870’s. The Braves (Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta) are as well. The redlegs have been in Cincinnati since 1869 and are considered baseballs first pro team. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/31 "2001-12-02T13:07:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*The first “neotraditional” baseball stadium in the United States was built in Buffalo, New York – it was the model for parks such as Camden Yards and Coors Field. > > What is the name of that stadium? Dunn Tire Park. Might as well be Bob’s Sunoco Field, for all it’s worth. \*\* When it opened, wasn’t named Pilot Field, after a trucking company or something? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/32 "2001-12-02T16:12:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Big Cheese \* > Slight hijack, but I’ve always wondered how did they get that name? Candlestick? \*\* It was built on a piece of land named Candlestick Point, which, if you’re drunk enough, might look something like a candlestick. ---
**Author:** ![JosephFinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JosephFinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JosephFinn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/33 "2001-12-02T18:39:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fleetwood \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by JosephFinn \* > > > > Wrigley Field was named after William Wrigley, but he was a well-respected owner (previously, the field had been Weegham Park, back when the Federals and Whales played there. _When the Cubs were moved from Cincinatti,_ the park was named Cubs Park in 1920, and then Wrigley Field in 1926). \*\* > > I believe that the Cubbies are an original National League franchise dating to the 1870’s. The Braves (Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta) are as well. The redlegs have been in Cincinnati since 1869 and are considered baseballs first pro team. \*\* D’Oh! Real brain fart here - what I meant to say was that the team was purchased from owners in Cincinatti (the Tafts?) in 1916. The Cubs were a franchise known as the White Stockings previous to 1902, when a reporter penned the name. Sorry for the confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072/34 "2001-12-03T13:56:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by The Big Cheese \* > > Slight hijack, but I’ve always wondered how did they get that name? Candlestick? \*\* > > It was built on a piece of land named Candlestick Point, which, if you’re drunk enough, might look something like a candlestick. \*\* Not exactly. You see, on the point are boulders which have been eroded by wind and tide to resemble giant candelsticks. [cite](http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/3compk.htm) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-ballpark-names/96072.md?page=1)