August 15, 2007
We Have a Weiner!
We're about a week late to this, but our All Star panel of SFist judges (consisting of David Hasselhoff, Allan Colmes, and the Drama Prairie Dog from YouTube fame) have come up with a winner of our "Rename Dodger Stadium Contest"—Brooklyn, by arblatt. This was actually a hard decision because “guest” posted two of our favorite entries, “Chavez Latrine” and “Hell” and as we don't know whom "guest" is, we can't give them anything. So congrats, arblatt, for not just your spiffy answer, but for actually following the rules
So why Brooklyn? Well, it's a little bit of a non-sequitor and we like non sequiturs. Also, because baseball is about tradition and the passing of baseball lore from father to son and SFist's father grew up a fan of Dem Bums, going to games with his father at Ebbets Field. As a result, SFist spent much of their childhood hearing stories about the Duke, Pee Wee, and Preacher Roe (God, whatever happened to all those awesome baseball names?). It also reminds people that while a veritable cottage industry has grown up memorializing the Brooklyn Dodgers, the same doesn’t exist about the moving of the Giants from the Polo Grounds. The Dodgers and Peter O'Malley are still cursed to this day in Brooklyn for breaking everyone in one of the five boroughs' hearts. The name, then, is a constant reminder of the Dodgers Original Sin, their Scarlet A as it were. And finally, it's because it's the name of one of Posh & Beck's kids. Whatever that's worth.
So congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone who played. Oh, and Beat LA!


I think the Angels had a great idea. I now call the team at the phonebooth the NY Giants of San Francisco, whose chief rivals are the Brooklyn Dodgers of Los Angeles. The team across the bay is the Philadelphia Athletics of Kansas City of Oakland. Minneapolis has the Washington Senators of Minneapolis, Arlington, Texas has the Wahsington Senators of Texas, etc.
Apropos of Brooklyn & Hell being separate entries, a woman once was talking to a preist after shooting a man. The priest asked "My child, why did you do this awful thing?" Sha said "Because he was wicked, and he was going to Brooklyn." The priest answered "My child, you cannot stop the wicked from going to Brooklyn by killing them."
Thanks. Go Bears.
BTW, I just found out that "Chavez Latrine" and "Hell" were posted by my son, Aaron, who just moved to Idaho Falls, ID to do a photojournalism internship. I am not sure why he signed in as "Guest"...maybe he is waiting for the Idaho_Falls-ist.