Cleveland Baseball Team Changes Nickname
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Who cares, they suck anyways and they’ll always suck. They’re irrelevant and trying to get some press by changing their name.
I think it will work out well. Lots of great branding to do with these and the city.
Cleveland has great architecture and, but for the winters, would be a great city to live in.I think it will work out well. Lots of great branding to do with these and the city.
Notre Dame needs to change their name and logo. I find it insulting as someone of Irish heritage. The logo is a stereotype. Why don’t they go ahead and change their slogan to “who stole me lucky charms.” WTH!!
This is just a joke. Just thought of this and never thought about it in my entire life. But I would like to troll them over this.
This is just a joke. Just thought of this and never thought about it in my entire life. But I would like to troll them over this.
Dunno. That looks like a statue of a white guy. Probably racist.I think it will work out well. Lots of great branding to do with these and the city.
Before long the "WOKE" crowd will allow ONLY inanimate objects as mascots. The South Carolina fighting Rocks vs Clemson University Sand, November 27th, tickets are available...
Not a fan of the name Guardians but the video (narrated by Tom Hanks) showed the branding and I believe Cleveland’s look will stay the same as they are now for the most part. That is smart in my opinion. They really played up the fact that the most important part of their name is Cleveland. It’s actually the 4th name change they’ve had.
I do think this is all ridiculous and everyone just looking to be victimized and for a reason to be upset. I guess it’s the norm.
I do think this is all ridiculous and everyone just looking to be victimized and for a reason to be upset. I guess it’s the norm.
So are you Native American and not upset? If not I don't believe anyone can tell another race what not to be offended by.
HUH, what about New England?? I am not offended!! Boston NBA team, my fore fathers are from Ireland, i am not offended..
The Cleveland Indians were originally the Bluebirds. In the early 1900's, the Plain Dealer, the local newspaper, ran a contest to suggest a better name. The winning name was Indians in honor of a former player, a Penobscot Indian, Alex Socalexis. My father was a big fan as he spent sometime in Cleveland as a very young boy. While growing up in Charleston, he taught me about all the great players they had, including, Roger Maris, Mud-Cat Grant, Bob Feller, Rocky Calaveto and a host of others. This is a sad day for my father and grandfather who are both crying in Heaven, they were both hard core Indians.
I think its really a reference to something else
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I actually am 1/4 Native American. Grand father is full blooded. It’s all ridiculous.
Regardless, with a society that can determine what reality is based on how a person feels, who are you to tell me whether or not I can say something is ridiculous or not? Let’s be consistent now…
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I like how it’s deemed not racist to not name stuff after a minority and instead name it after white people stuff.
Considering that the only reason Native Americans are called Indians is because Mr. Columbus, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary thought he found the short cut to India and its spices, named the locals Indians, is enough to change the name.
The only real true Indians on this continent are immigrants and their offspring from the country of India.
The only real true Indians on this continent are immigrants and their offspring from the country of India.
& no their guardians of Indian attack across Lake Erie.
Not so fast my friend, a club that has competed. Just because they don’t often grab the brass ring is no reason to trash em.
Ok so now everything has to be named after a minority ? If it's named after a white person it must be racist? Isn't that a racist thought? Kind of brown good /white bad?
How about naming it after sometime because they deserve the honor. Skin color should have no bearing. If you after worthy of the honor, you are worthy
Another dud name that was researched by a paid for research group that probably got millions of dollars. What a baseball team name! Can't wait what they come up with for the Washington NFL team.
Yeah, Lord help anyone who names a team the Giants, Metropolitans, Red Stockings, Knickerbockers, Red Sox, White Sox, Twin Cities or anything that ridiculous.
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They should have named the team the Cleveland Karens and I’m sure we could have heard all about how no one watches baseball anymore.
To be Native American is badass and to me it seems like it would be an honor having a professional sports team named after your people, your heritage. I am a white guy with Irish heritage and that’s how I feel about it on my end. With Notre Dame, Boston Celtics.
The only good thing I can say about them is they gave us the Major League movie.lol
Realistically all they did was remove the In and add the Guar. Those names above sound like baseball names, old school.
All team nicknames are stupid. There’s no such thing as a great mascot. They’re meant to be silly and an idol of sorts that people can rally around as they celebrate a group of men or women doing something that is essentially meaningless - playing sports. It’s all for fun.
Our Native Americans are not indians.....so, why was the name offensive to begin with?
It’s actually a good name for them. It sounds like the kind of generic, made-up name for a high school sports team in a movie.
Man, heaven must not be all it’s cracked up to be if when you’re up there you still care about a silly nickname of a baseball team. The origin story of the name is also one of the silliest (using the vernacular of the day): “well that guy is an Indian. Why don’t we call ourselves the Indians?”
All that said, my dad grew up as a huge fan as well and the stories of Bob Feller were great. The best one I ever heard was when Feller was 17 and playing in his very first exhibition game for Cleveland against the Cardinals. He always had control issues, but much more so when he was young - which is not great for batters when you throw 98 mph. (He really didn’t know where some pitches were going.) In his first at-bat against Feller, Leo Durocher, having watched his fellow Cardinals dive out of the way of certain death, dodged a couple of heaters of his own and sat down with two strikes. “You’ve got one more,” the umpire yelled. “You can have it!” the Durocher replied. “I don’t want it.”
Would have been much cooler had they gone with Spiders, which is what the team went by in the 1800s. They still would have been pu**ies, but with a cooler name. As this guy said…
Have a friend native to Cleveland. He said “it’s funny to see all these articles now pumping these statues as somehow iconic and integral to Cleveland. Nobody ever cared about them until now.”
Have a friend native to Cleveland. He said “it’s funny to see all these articles now pumping these statues as somehow iconic and integral to Cleveland. Nobody ever cared about them until now.”
I thought the new name should be the Cleveland Rockers....for obvious reasons.
