Tuesday, November 26, 2013

HohoKam is No More

The Cubs former spring training facility in Mesa was called "Hohokam Park" for years. It was an unusual name that didn't really roll off the tongue, but it named by the town of Mesa.

Well, as part of the new deal which produced the brand new facility (opening this coming spring), the Cubs now have naming rights to their ballpark. They are shopping it around hoping for a big money offer (which I'm sure they'll get).

In the meantime, it's called...Cubs Park.

By the way, in an unrelated Cubs story, yesterday was the anniversary of Joe DiMaggio's birth, and I neglected to point you to my all-time favorite Cubs failure story in Cubs 365. It's the story of the day the Cubs passed on Joe DiMaggio.