Jacobs Field = Progressive Field

Well, at least that explains why Progressive had to lay off 7 percent of its IT workforce six weeks ago... Needed to clear some room in the budget to put their name on a baseball stadium.

Seriously, though, I wonder if there's any kind of risk for a company in doing a naming deal for a stadium with a well-known name. Some buildings bounce around from one corporate sponsor to another, but that's not the case here. Doesn't Progressive run at least a small risk of getting the negative stigma of being "the jerks who ruined the name of our stadium"?

 

The PD today refers to Progressive founder and owner Peter B. Lewis as a billionaire/philanthropist. Why the slash? He can't be billionaire philanthropist Peter B. Lewis? (Oh, and in that blog posting, he is millionaire/philanthropist. He got a raise overnight!)

 

Jacobs Field wasn't named "in honor" of Dick Jacobs or the Jacobs family. It was named Jacobs Field because he ponied up the naming rights. It has ALWAYS been a corporate-named stadium; it just has a friendlier ring to it than most.

This is not a big deal to me. At least the Indians got a local company. Progressive Field doesn't roll off the tongue, but it's not bad.

And I agree with my friend, a native Clevelander, who NEVER referred to it as "the Jake," which he thought was a stupid Chris Bermanization of the stadium.

(stepping off soap box)

 

Maybe this means IU's (Richard) Jacobs School of Music will become the Progressive School of Music. Forget the Tuba Santas -- this year it's Emerson, Tuba and Palmer!

 

So HE'S the one who didn't call it that! I always wondered who it was.

 

Who gives a shit what a stadium is named? I don't get the outrage.

 

I am glad they changed. As a big fan and supporter, I have for years been trying to buy a Jacobs as a show of support and couldn't find one anywhere.

 

Dick Cheney and his posse will just call it Liberal Field, anyway.

 

I went to the first opener at Jacobs Field, and after the cow pasture of Municipal Stadium, I marveled at the lush green grass.
Over the loudspeakers..."Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, we're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside..."
ELP has had a special place in my heart since then.

 

Oh my god, thank you. I've been trying to figure out who did that maddening tune forever. It's played on the Indians' flagship station all the time.

 

Yeah, thanks, that explains that -- I never knew it!