MLB Fans Roast White Sox Over Anticlimactic New Stadium Name Announcement

Chicago's home park will look oh-so-slightly different next season.

Guaranteed Rate Field during the White Sox's 6–4 loss to the Guardians on Sept. 11, 2024. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images

For the last eight years, the home of the Chicago White Sox has carried the decidedly conventional corporate name of Guaranteed Rate Field.

In 2025, however, the park will have a radical new moniker: Rate Field.

That's per an announcement from the White Sox Tuesday evening—a change that lines up with Guaranteed Rate's July rebrand, but one that was roundly mocked by fans and rivals of a team coming off a record-breaking 41-121 season.

If you want to gaze into the souls of baseball fans at rock bottom, check out the social media post in which Chicago announced the change.

The home of the White Sox adopts a new name: Rate Field pic.twitter.com/OiWKxqMqho

— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) December 18, 2024

Jokes about the meaning of the "guarantee" being removed from the park's name abounded...

They removed guaranteed from the name because they cannot guarantee a win next year

— RamosIsKing❄️☃️⚾️ (@Whiteso53605833) December 18, 2024

So, basically, the White Sox just removed the guarantee. https://t.co/cw2Vt2ulXd

— Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) December 18, 2024

...as did all your favorite memes denoting a microscopic change.

https://t.co/eErh0UZl9A pic.twitter.com/2TmpuDhkOX

— jacki.bsky.social (@zombie_jacki) December 18, 2024

Guaranteed Rate Field vs Rate Field https://t.co/khLoSsKs7z pic.twitter.com/9HP9fbXDew

— Official Fan Account of Ross Pins (@Jeffo3545) December 18, 2024

https://t.co/ukNX8rHnMb pic.twitter.com/pBeI9LzsxZ

— Mike (@ChiSoxFanMike) December 18, 2024

The White Sox will begin life at Rate Field on March 27 against the Los Angeles Angels. Whether their rate of winning can creep above .253 remains to be seen.

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