Citi explores backing out of Mets deal

[NJTank]

So what happens to the jerseys that have already been sold that include the pizza patch?

Collectors items. At least that's what the official story will be.

In an ironic twist of fate those jerseys with the bland Dominoes Pizza rip-off patches will become some of the most sot-after Mets jerseys in history.

As a collector of Mets patches I have to say he's right, ugh

[ferrousoxide66]

I'm usually against naming parks for players becuase I think major league parks should be named for bigger things than players, like owners or neighborhoods or veterans or whatever. Example: that movement to rename Phone Company Park "Mays Field" never worked for me, because as great as Willie Mays was, it just doesn't seem right. I'd have preferred "China Basin Grounds" or something along those lines. It'd be like calling the United Center the "Michael Jordan Arena." I'm not sure about taking it that far. HOWEVER, I could get behind calling the whole thing "Jackie Robinson Stadium." Fits in with Arthur Ashe Stadium down the street, and even though he has nothing to do with the Mets, he has everything to do with New York NL baseball and is a transcendent enough figure to warrant it. I know they already have the "Jackie Robinson Rotunda," but that's kinda cumbersome. Are we supposed to refer to it by that at all times? Nobody will. You're not gonna say "where'd we park?" "oh, right outside the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, I think." It'd be great p.r., too, dumping this whole boondoggle for a beloved baseball figure.

Ohh, China Basin Grounds. I REALLY like that, especially considering that the NY Giants used to play at the Polo Grounds, and it has a good ring to it as well. I've always thought that Embarcadero Park would've been great as well (The stadium is built on the Embarcadero). I liked the original name of Pacific Bell Park, as Pac Bell was a Bay Area staple at the time.

China Basin Grounds - sounds almost like an indie coffeeshop. And yes, it would have been a superior moniker for the Giants' digs.

Pac Bell, AT&T, whatever. Can't stand the corporate nonsense, unless it fits directly in the city's cultural pastiche, i.e. Busch in St. Louis. Pac Bell? Just a soulless corporate entity that broke off from the Ma Bell monopoly.

[The_Admiral]

Embarcadero Park

THE EMPARKADERO

[FiddySicks]

I'm usually against naming parks for players becuase I think major league parks should be named for bigger things than players, like owners or neighborhoods or veterans or whatever. Example: that movement to rename Phone Company Park "Mays Field" never worked for me, because as great as Willie Mays was, it just doesn't seem right. I'd have preferred "China Basin Grounds" or something along those lines. It'd be like calling the United Center the "Michael Jordan Arena." I'm not sure about taking it that far. HOWEVER, I could get behind calling the whole thing "Jackie Robinson Stadium." Fits in with Arthur Ashe Stadium down the street, and even though he has nothing to do with the Mets, he has everything to do with New York NL baseball and is a transcendent enough figure to warrant it. I know they already have the "Jackie Robinson Rotunda," but that's kinda cumbersome. Are we supposed to refer to it by that at all times? Nobody will. You're not gonna say "where'd we park?" "oh, right outside the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, I think." It'd be great p.r., too, dumping this whole boondoggle for a beloved baseball figure.

Ohh, China Basin Grounds. I REALLY like that, especially considering that the NY Giants used to play at the Polo Grounds, and it has a good ring to it as well. I've always thought that Embarcadero Park would've been great as well (The stadium is built on the Embarcadero). I liked the original name of Pacific Bell Park, as Pac Bell was a Bay Area staple at the time.

China Basin Grounds - sounds almost like an indie coffeeshop. And yes, it would have been a superior moniker for the Giants' digs.

Pac Bell, AT&T, whatever. Can't stand the corporate nonsense, unless it fits directly in the city's cultural pastiche, i.e. Busch in St. Louis. Pac Bell? Just a soulless corporate entity that broke off from the Ma Bell monopoly.

I see your point, but I have to disagree. Pacific Bell may have been one of the baby Bells, but it really did have a huge impact in the San Francisco area. Whenever I think of Pacific Bell the first thing that comes to mind is San Francisco. My father retired from Pac Bell and would commute from the east bay into the city for work every day.