Change Name of Baseball Team

Your heart is full of hate towards the indigenous population.

So much for love thy neighbour.

It's just a name change.

It's not like when Wimbledon became the MK Dons, now that was a real travesty.

It's extremely tough to be a Cleveland sports fan, but we do our best to love and support our teams. Unless you were born and raised here, you really have no idea what's it's like. All the triumphs and let downs are just par for the course and "next year" is always the standard phrase.

Were you here when the Kardiac Kids and Brian Sipe of the Browns led the NFL in the 80's? Or when Art Model decides to move the team to Baltimore and for three long years a court battle ensued to retain the team name, colors & funding for a new stadium? Nineteen quarterbacks and counting since then...

Where you here the night of LeBron James's big announcement to leave the Cavaliers so he could actually win a championship ring? Yeah, he left, came back and left again. Rumor has it, he's coming back to retire here. We'll see.

And the Guardians? Well, all of your "un-wokeness" doesn't understand who and what we are. Situated on the shores of Lake Erie, Progressive Field is the hot spot for midges and mayflies that turn an ordinary night into the Bug Game of the Year. Chief Wahoo was a caricature of days long gone, a spoof against the seriousness and the talent of an extraordinary team that performs exceedingly well year after year. It was time to be replaced.

The Guardians name was chosen carefully and deliberately to commemorate the Hope Memorial Bridge on I-77, in which the history and art of Cleveland merge together in one place. You can read more here: https://www.mlb.com/guardians/fans/cleteamname/hope-memorial-bridge

In the immortal words of the Michael Stanley Band, "This is my town. Love her, hate her, it don't matter. Cuz this IS my town." Take your un-wokeness and go somewhere else. You don't have the heart to be in the Heartland.

I wasn't there for any ofit, but I know how you feel.

My team, Southampton, has just been relegated, so we'll be playing Championship football next season.

Let's just look at what's going on here.

A significant amount of the population felt upset and offended by the old name.

The name change was to show consideration and respect.

Much like loving thy neighbour.

Ask yourself what Jesus would do.

He didn't bang on about "woke" nonsense that's for sure.

You religious types are so bloody bitter and full of loathing for your fellow man.

Btw, woke is a catch all term used by fascists for anything they dislike. I've heard people call avocados woke.

Not just the ball, which should be red, but the whole layout.

You need to put a few more wickets in there, and get rid of two of the bases, and the bloody mound.

Your pitchers should stop throwing and learn to bowl properly.

A couple of slips and a gully and you're there.

Wow, I always wondered why the chose Guardians it seemed such an odd choice (from someone that knows little of that area).

My high school changed from the Indians too. But chose Hawks which made sense as there are many hawks in the area.

Now finally Guardians makes sense to me.

Tell ya what. Let's change all the team names! And move them to different cities while we're at it, because what the hell.

We could have the Montgomery Muffin Tops, where their mascot is someone with a bit of a belly. The Oklahoma City Old Farts, where the mascot is a ninety-year-old in a wheelchair! And he could be played by a sixty-year-old, because everybody knows that people over the age of 45 are all interchangeable in terms of health, style, attractiveness, competence, and physical fitness.

Let's go with the Chicago Churchgoers! Their mascot could wear a hat and gloves (are those still worn in some churches?), their bases could be changed to bibles, and you may as well call a home run hitter a bible thumper.

And their rivals could be the Pittsburgh Popes. So much fun with their funny hats and robes and shoes. Of course there would be those cute little wafers sold at concessions and red wine for the adults. The fans could make the sign of the cross a part of their home run chanting, and heckle the opposing teams, telling them the Inquisition is coming for them and they're gonna get crucified. Let's add a rack in the stands whenever one of their pitchers loses a game, or a fan interferes. That'll show 'em.

I await a matchup between the Cincinnati Cancer Victims and the Florida Fat Fucks. What they lack in speed and grace, they more than make up for with the ability to dehumanize them, all in the name of sticking it to the woke folk.

'Cause after all, we all know life's a lot more fun and meaningful when we can punch down and be assholes to people who don't have our advantages in life.

Wrong. It was the crooked sports writers that named them Cleveland Indians a hundred years ago. We need to go ALL the way back. Cleveland Lakeshores. NOT Guardians. I also support reverting all baseball to hitting rocks with a stick, the way it SHOULD be. Bring SANITY back to the MLB!

A truly remarkable feat. Now they've got what, five qbs on the roster?

Our team was so attached to the name that they dropped the Native American mascot and adopted an eight-armed Shiva holding a bunch of gloves and bats.

I live in a city where we changed the football team because it had a controversial name.
The history:
In 1895, predating official province status, a local rugby team/club began.
In 1910 (ish), they drove to a nearby city, played a game in stupidly cold weather, won!! and almost didn't make it home.
Henry Ford hadn't invented the in-car heater yet, much less insulation or side windows. lol They were nicknamed the Esquimaux because they survived. At some point the team was anglicized to the Eskimos, and included football. The Eskies went pro in 1949, and yes, Canada really did save American football. 'nother discussion, although, some would argue, our game is purer and more fun, the Americans changed the game a lot over the years, smaller field yada yada. I'm not really a fan. lol anywho..
Then in the 80's, we started realizing all the horrible things that had happened to the native population. Mainly because they started gaining their strength back and started yelling at us. They started telling us all the terrible things that happened to them.
We needed that. We needed to hear what they had to say and start making amends for the shitty things we did to them.
So, while many of the Inuit felt a special bond to the team, and cheered them on because of the name, they actually hated the name because it was an insult. It's a name they despised. So when one of their Inuit chiefs asked the team to change the name from Eskimo to something else, they finally did.
Eskimo and Redskin and the tomahawk chop are slurs and anybody other than a chief wearing a headdress is unacceptable. And "Indians" isn't even a correct name. Christopher Columbus was an idiot. India is a continent and a half away, in every direction....
I don't understand why it is so hard to be respectful. The first people that named my team the Esquimaux didn't know it was an insult, they meant it to be a slap on the back, a compliment for surviving the cold like some of the toughest people on the planet.
But things change, words change their meaning, times change.... Nobody knew when they named their daughter's Karen that it would explode like it did and even though the US is sliding back on its ideals, doesn't mean you can't show grace or kindness. Traditions change. We evolve. Or vote Nazis. I dunno, for every step forward, we take a whole bunch back.
We don't throw people to the lions to appeal to the mob anymore, do we? No,
just ICE.
Never mind.
It's a name, get over it. And Guardians makes way more sense...

There is nothing wrong with the name Cleveland Indians. The only people that get offended are a small group of morons that love to blame the white race for own stupid mistakes in life.

It begins with a name change. Afterwards, statues are broken, rock are thrown at police, buildings are burned to the ground. Should I go on? Did you forget the terrible events that took place in 2020? I am not talking about the United States alone. I am talking about worldwide anger and hatred based on the death of George Floyd, who was not a choir member. I don't agree with what the cop did to Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota in May 2020 but not all police officers are bad people.

I like the name Cleveland Indians. There is nothing offensive about that name for a baseball team.

Did Jesus ever get angry at the religious leaders of His day? If you say no, then you are biblically illiterate. Woke is evil. Woke is destroying the majestic glory that America once was. What's next? Do you now change the name of the NY Yankees because the word YANKEE reminds woke idiots of gringos?

Your petulance over the name change is no reason for the vandalism, affray and arson. Please desist. Seek counselling.



Oh dear, dear dearie me, Jesus was woke, but it's ok the whole story is only a fairy tale.

I am sure that's how you feel. However, not one person actually asked for your opinion about it.

Jesus did get angry, with bigots like you.

Woke just means treating all people with respect.

Which is why a vile bigot like yourself believes it's evil.