"Sponsorship Deal Reached for RFK" - baseball stadium named

[Stinky The Clown]

http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=504994&nid=398

Sponsorship Deal Reached for RFK

WASHINGTON - D.C. Mayor Tony Williams says the city has reached a sponsorship deal for RFK Stadium and it includes the Armed Forces.

The official name will be announced some time Thursday, but WTOP Radio has learned that the field at RFK will be called Armed Forces Field at RFK.

Williams says the deal will bring the same level of revenue to the city as the original deal with the National Guard.

snip ... then this little gem .....

Sources tell WTOP Radio the deal includes $6 million invested by the military for recruitment kiosks and other signage within the stadium, but does not constitute buying the naming rights outright.

Keep in mind ... this long disused stadium was originally called Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, and colloquially as "RFK".

What's next? Renaming the game "BushistaBall"

Of course, his royal highness and serene majesty, Great Leader Chimpus Khan will be on hand to throw out the first ball. The radio story also said that Fat Timmy Russert introduced the players at the team's booster (or some such) luncheon earlier today.

Message to Bobby Kennedy .... "move over, bud ... we need your spot"

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This is just one more insult. Y'ever look up the word insult? It is so perfect for what the Bushistas are doing to our country. This from dictionarydotcom:

in·sul
v. in·sult·ed, in·sult·ing, in·sults
v. tr.

1.
1. To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness. See Synonyms at offend.
2. To affront or demean: an absurd speech that insulted the intelligence of the audience.
2. Obsolete. To make an attack on.


v. intr. Archaic

1. To behave arrogantly.
2. To give offense; offend: a speech that was intended to insult.


n. (nslt)

1. An offensive action or remark.
2.
1. Medicine. A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma.
2. Something that causes bodily injury, irritation, or trauma: “the middle of the Bronx, buffeted and poisoned by the worst environmental insults that urban America can dish out” (William K. Stevens).



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[montanacowboy]

1. I am so thankful that I no longer

live on the Hill - such a disgrace

and then across the way is the Congressional Cemetery, rotting away, sinking into the ground, putrid mess where all the old famous senators are buried and Tip O'Neil for instance, Congress does not allow ONE Friggin red cent for upkeep

the dog owners of Capitol Hill pay a fee to upkeep the cemetery so they can walk their dogs there

[SaveElmer]

2. They are not renaming the stadium

It is only the field...and only for Nationals games...and I don't really see a problem with the National Guard sponsoring it.

[KamaAina]

5. Oh, the irony

the avatar atached to the above post belongs to the team that first abandoned D.C. in 1961.

[SaveElmer]

7. Hey, if DC had supported them they wouldn't have left

But, I am very supportive of the new DC team...I think they can finally support one the way they couldn't before.

However, they will never replace my beloved Twins!!!

[matcom]

3. puke. i have a better suggestion

Amerikka Parkk

[Leilani]

4. Someone on C-Span this AM called in & said

the name of the team should be "The Washington Lobbyists."

I thought that was quite appropriate.

[KamaAina]

6. Why not "Army Reserves Field at RFK Stadium"? (sarcasm)

'cause, fast start notwithstanding, they're basically fielding a team of 25 reserves :-)

[saigon68]

8. LOL

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