14 thoughts on “COKE ZERO PRESENTS: NPF”

  • Warmbowski says:

    I hate naming rights. I miss the naming of baseball fields (and many other buildings) after, not so famous, or infamous people. You know, people that either made a mark in their municipality or for the team, or built the damn things. Even though the ballpark in my town (Seattle) probably ended up with one of the not-so-stupid corporate names (Safeco – sounds basballish), I would love it if they were to change the name to honor the 31 year voice of the Mariners and best damn broadcaster in recent baseball years, and call it –

    "The Niehaus"

    Way to go Dave! Soon to be in Cooperstown.

  • Warmbowski says:

    I should mention that I don't go to Mariner games for some of the reasons that you stated in your article, like Paying tons of money to get treated like shit. I tend to go to the minor league Mariner affiliate, just to the north. Short season single A, but still fun to watch. You get no hassles, they make all hot dogs half price after the 7th inning, funny things happen between innings (I miss you Herald the pig), and you can sit on a blanket on the grass and still have a great view, and (my biggest peeve) there is no forced cheers via any Diamondvision scoreboard. Not to mention, you see some of the best of the majors in their post injury minor league rehabs.

  • Nan says:

    I assume you've noticed that not even the one place you'd think you'd be safe from being an involuntary audience — the toilet stall — has been invaded? You make yourself comfortable on the throne, look up, and there on the back of the door is an ad placed right at eye level.

  • Heqit says:

    I second Warmbowski — non-pro baseball is where it's at. I don't have a minor league team within an hour's drive, but I am lucky enough to work for a college with a decent (not stellar) team. I get free (free!) tickets to my college's baseball games through my office, and it's great. No ads, cheap-ass concessions, and the park is 5 minutes from my apartment. And no one here gives a shit about any sport that isn't football, so it's never crowded and there's no parking hassle.
    Sucks for the team, I guess, but it suits my introverted self just fine. Oh, and they don't even look at your bags as you come in, let alone confiscate shit. Are you kidding me?

  • Matthew says:

    Oh man, I wish you had taken this opportunity to announce that you're starting to use some sort of blogads. That would be the most delicious irony.

    Ah well. Also, why the Royals? I'm curious about what brought them to mind.

  • Ed says:

    Fuck blogads. Seriously, I can do without the $100/month I could make by plastering this site with ads.

    The Royals, well, the Royals seemed as humorous as anyone else. Plug in any team and the joke works. When I was a kid, the Black & Decker DustBuster paid to be the "Official hand-held vacuum of the Chicago Blackhawks." Even at age 7 I saw the humor in that.

  • Ed says:

    Holy crap.

    I just threw up in my soul a little bit. But the "author" of those teen novels is correct: kids today wouldn't even recognize a world without branding. It would be far beyond their imaginations to comprehend that a particular fictional store in a novel was intended to represent Old Navy. The authors have to call it Old Navy.

  • Chris says:

    It kind of bothers me that business propaganda is shoved down your throat everywhere you look. It is kind of like being brainwashed, and the images businesses create are complete lies. Businesses pick a false reality for you, and then people relate happiness to all of the products they see and consumer culture, all for the benefit of somebody else. I know 1984 metaphors can be kind of cliche, but advertising is like the constant stream of radio propaganda from Big Brother that can't be turned off. Could people get away from advertising if they tried, or is it impossible? Can people fathom a life that doesn't include advertisements and buying crap, or even realize the truth of reality?

  • j says:

    I think Miller Park and Coors Field are the most palatable of the new sponsored sports arenas, because when you think of Miller or Coors you think of Milwaukee and Denver. Perhaps you could also include Tropicana Field with that list, because Florida = orange juice.

    Not to defend sponsored stadiums. C'mon people, McAfee Coliseum and PETCO park? WTF is that?

    Go Brewers!

  • Scott says:

    For the time being, baseball still has quite a few non-sponsored stadiums. There's still Dodger, Yankee, Shea and Dolphin Stadia, plus Fenway Park and Turner Field. Can other pro sports boast that?

    The worst offenders, I believe, are colleges and universities. My Florida Gators have an official orange juice (I guess that's ok, our football stadium is named after a citrus magnate), 2 official pizzas (one microwave and one delivery) and an official lumber – and that's all off the top of my head. I'm sure if I researched it, I could find even more. I can understand professional sports teams needing to have sponsors because they actually pay their athletes. The NCAA gets away without having to pay the stars of the show; where does all that sponsorship money go?

  • Nate says:

    The commercials and jacked up ticket prices are the main reason I don't go see movies in theaters anymore. It's just too much annoyance.

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