Last week, three major league baseball teams asked to trademark the name of the very cities that give them a place to call home.
The pitch has left diehard fans scratching their heads, with trademark applications filed by the baseball teams the Boston Red Sox, The Seattle Mariners, and The Houston Astros.
Bostonians were especially critical.
“These are absurd filings and are an overreach,” New England Law professor Pete Karol told The Boston Herald after news of the applications went public.
Late Friday afternoon, all three teams withdrew their application after fans and residents of the cities reacted with outrage, calling it absurd and arrogant all over social media….