CNN just announced

[YoshidaYui]

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The Cleveland Indians are changing their name to the Cleveland guardians . How cool is that?


I am Groot!!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. About time. The rollout video is kinda garbage though. Here's hoping they actually address the

reason for the name change in further coverage.

[NightWatcher]

2. Should've changed it to the .....

Link to tweet

[ChrisF1961]

3. Do they have to remake Major League now?

[lagomorph777]

9. No, just the names and logos.

[CrackityJones75]

13. I think the poster meant the movie.

[lagomorph777]

17. Oh. I don't follow sports or sports movies, so I totally missed that.

[Sympthsical]

16. Major League is a comedy movie

It's all about how terrible the Cleveland Indians were. Starred Charlie Sheen and Rene Russo.

[greenjar_01]

20. Juuuuuuust a bit outside

[Sympthsical]

23. Ball four. Ball eight.

How can these guys lay off pitches that close?

As someone who played all the way through high school, it has to be one of my favorite movies.

[PCIntern]

45. Agreed 100%

There are moments in that film…. My favorite is the Willie May Hayes: you run like Hayes but you hit like shit!

[Sympthsical]

52. Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill!

*thwack*

[ChrisF1961]

21. Don't think you got the reference

[lagomorph777]

26. No, I don't follow sports or sports movies.

[gratuitous]

28. It's a good dumb comedy

Friday night fare good for a few laughs and not too deep.

[lagomorph777]

29. Ah, then I have probably not missed anything.

[PCIntern]

46. No, it's REALLY funny

[lagomorph777]

51. I don't think I could sit through a whole movie of sports.

I wouldn't get half the jokes, and the subject bores me.

[tavernier]

4. No idea why they used that name.

Perhaps it has a very positive meaning.
But to my ear it sounds like your parents were lost and now some strangers are in charge of you. Very cold.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. It's a local reference.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/23/cleveland-indians-baseball-team-changes-name-to-the-guardians.html

The name Guardians is a reference to well-known Art Deco statues located on the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, which spans the Cuyahoga River and connects downtown Cleveland to the city’s trendy Ohio City neighborhood. Those statues are known as the “Guardians of Traffic.”

[tavernier]

10. Ok, thanks!

Haven’t been to Cleveland in over 50 years so I missed the reference. I don’t even remember seeing them back then when visiting relatives. I always liked the city even though many people were of a different opinion.

[YoshidaYui]

27. I am Groooooooot!

[tavernier]

30. I'll see your Groot

And raise you one Freddie Flash

[YoshidaYui]

31. Marvels guardians of the galaxy reference

But ok

[tavernier]

34. Yes, I got it.

But Groot is annoying and a Freddie Mercury reference is always appropriate in my world.

[YoshidaYui]

37. I think whoever created marvels Guardians of the galaxy

Was brilliant. Some of the humor has made me fall out of my chair.

[kentuck]

5. Why would they give themselves such a name to begin with?

I don't think it was thought of as politically incorrect at the time. They must have thought highly of the First Americans? They must have respected them very much. Otherwise, why would they call themselves something that was so negative and derogatory? They wanted to be brave like "Indians"?

[greenjar_01]

19. Good lord

[YoshidaYui]

25. Correction

Star lord!

[Sympthsical]

22. Native warrior culture

Borrowing the strength of the image. Wasn't exactly enlightened times.

Much like the Fighting Irish. Though, the leprechaun just looks like he's in the middle of a tavern brawl. However, as someone who is 100% Irish . . . eh, seems about right.

[Tommy Carcetti]

6. No problem with changing the name, but it should have been Spiders.

The team's original name.

The proposed logo looks...terrible.

[underpants]

12. I didn't know that

I thought Univ of Richmond were the only spiders

[luvs2sing]

8. I just posted on another thread..

that Hubster thinks they chose Guardians because it only changes one syllable from Indians. I think it’s stupid to name a baseball team after statues.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

18. So any songs or cheers will still work?

Not a bad idea.

[multigraincracker]

11. The minor leagues have some great new names.

The Travers City Pit Spitters and the Lansing Lugnuts, just to name a few.

[greenjar_01]

15. Toledo Mud Hens

Just a few hours drive from Cleveland.

[luvs2sing]

24. Before that, they were..

The Swamp Angels.

[YoshidaYui]

35. The Rancho Cucamonga earthquakes

The Rancho Cucamonga earthquakes Play at the epicenter I love the team they are farm team of the Anaheim Angels.

[obamanut2012]

33. Carolina Mudcats, Vermont Lake Monsters, Richmond Flying Squirrels

And the Montgomery Biscuits are my favs! Spent many an hour watching the Mudcats and the Squirrels.

[Bantamfancier]

39. I went to Wilmington College in Ohio, played

on the football team.
I kid you not, our nickname was the Fighting Quakers.

[greenjar_01]

14. Awesome! I like the name

[48656c6c6f20]

32. Now if my team WFT would just make it official

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I think they should stick with Washington Football Team. It's brilliant and denigrates no one. They are from Washington, they play Football, and they are a Team. Done! fire the marketing dept.

[TxGuitar]

36. A "tram"

Now that's a great mistyped that made me really lol!

I agree the WFT name sounds good, but they should change it to The Washington Football Club, sounds more authoritative.

[YoshidaYui]

38. Imagine what that would look like on the jersey?

And maybe the symbol of the team could be a receipt.

[steelyboo]

44. I posted this in another thread, but since you are a fan

My vote is for the Washington Pigskins

To me, its a great option:

1) Pigskin is a nickname for a football
2) The fans could still yell "Go Skins!"
3) Their best known players were their offensive line, nicknamed "The Hogs"
4) If they can work with Warner Brothers, you put Porky Pig in a football uniform, and you got your new mascot
5) You could have a Political tie-in by having the home end zone called "the Pork Barrel"

[PCIntern]

47. Not Kosher, man....

[YoshidaYui]

49. Brilliant

[Submariner]

40. As a Chevy guy, I was puzzled by the stature given the Cleveland engine

in my 1972 Ford Ranchero. Ford guys would want me to pop the hood just to look at the big block V-8 CLEVELAND engine. I was told it's a BIG deal in Ford country. It even has it's own Wiki page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Engine

Maybe the "Cleveland Engines" would have been more home-towny?

[samplegirl]

41. Stupid name! Just stupid!

[YoshidaYui]

48. I am Grooooooooottt!

[Polybius]

42. Not cool at all

Why not just go back to the original name of the Cleveland Spiders?

[Initech]

43. I am Groot!!!

[RussBLib]

50. I like it.

Atlanta Braves, come in, please.