Half-Empty: Friday Night at the "Prague"?!

According to the Chronicle Telegram, the official rights to the Jake have been sold to Progressive Insurance.

Jacob's Field soon to be officially Progressive Field.

"CLEVELAND — Jacobs Field will be renamed Progressive Field under terms of an agreement between the Cleveland Indians and the auto insurance company, a newspaper reported Thursday night.

The downtown ballpark has been known as Jacobs Field since it opened in 1994 but will be rebranded for the 2008 season.A formal announcement was expected today, the newspaper said.

Former team owner Richard E. Jacobs had held the ballpark’s naming rights, but his contract expired at the end of the 2006 season, and the club hired sports marketing firm IMG to find a new naming rights partner.

The Associated Press left a phone message seeking comment with an Indians spokesman late Thursday night.

Progressive, based in the Cleveland suburb of Mayfield Village, is the nation’s third-biggest auto insurer, ranking behind State Farm and Allstate."

This was of course bound to happen sooner or later. I guess it could be worse. Now we just need a shortened nickname for the field. The Prague just ain't cuttin' it.

Half-Full: Maybe this will be a few more dollars in Dolan's pocket to allow him to sign C.C.?

16 Years - 58 Million: Translates to $3.625 Million Per Year! Nice. Now Pay the MAN!

Goooooooooooooo Tribe!

Cheers!