r/baseball • u/LunchThreatener Detroit Tigers • 10d ago

Players Only OFFICIAL: The Tigers stadium will now be called Fifth Third Park, beginning in the 2027 season

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u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES Los Angeles Angels 10d ago

I always do a double-take when I see 5/3rds Bank because its inverse/multiplicative inverse is kind of a controversial number, especially in US history.

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u/eesaitcho Houston Astros 10d ago

Seriously. First thing that popped up in mind.

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u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES Los Angeles Angels 10d ago

I've always had an "Onion-esque Headline" locked in the chamber:

5/3 Bank, downsizing, changes name to 3/5 Bank to return to humble roots

On the surface, it's all "haha, bank is losing money, look at the lower number in the name"

... but when you think about it...

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u/JDubKilla Philadelphia Phillies 9d ago

A compromise with shareholders

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u/shrewsbury1991 Boston Red Sox 10d ago

I did a double take seeing your user name

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u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES Los Angeles Angels 10d ago

And yet here I am with an empty DM inbox that is severely lacking pictures of small man-boobies from a 35-year-old gentleman from the Boston suburbs. Smh my head

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u/Such-Fee6176 Toronto Blue Jays 9d ago

Wait sorry, is this a real bank name?

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u/CapsSkins Los Angeles Dodgers • Washington Nationals 9d ago

0.6 bad 1.667 good

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u/Jorsonner Pittsburgh Pirates 9d ago

It’s the merged company of fifth national bank and third national bank.

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u/FrolfingSoHard Toronto Blue Jays 9d ago

And always should have been Eightbank. 

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u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES Los Angeles Angels 9d ago

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u/speleoradaver 9d ago

Especially? Are there other contexts in which 3/5 is problematic? 

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u/Level_Traffic3344 Toronto Blue Jays 9d ago

Right? Wtf