San Francisco Giants Deny That McCovey Cove Is Being Renamed
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The San Francisco Giants are getting set to host Game 3 of the World Series on Friday night. But unfortunately, the day’s biggest MLB story has nothing to do with action set to unfold on the field. In fact, it may not even be a real story.
The Giants are denying that the famous McCovey Cove (behind the right field wall at AT&T Park) will be renamed after the company Boatbound, which specializes in helping boat owners rent out their vessels.
The claim that naming rights of McCovey Cove have been sold is a hoax and completely false.
— #OctoberTogether (@SFGiants) October 24, 2014
It is also completely disrespectful to one of the greatest #SFGiants of all time.
— #OctoberTogether (@SFGiants) October 24, 2014
It appears that this is an elaborate hoax on some level, because nbcbayarea.com had this to say in their article on the situation:
“In a telephone interview Friday morning, Boatbound’s director of marketing, Craig Battin, told NBC Bay Area the naming rights would last beyond the World Series, but when contacted, the Giants said the whole thing was a hoax.”
Hopefully, this whole thing is a big hoax. No one wants to hear: “a deep shot to right field, and that one is gone into Boatbound Cove!” Yuck.
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