The Cleveland Guardians? Yes, It's Official

[puckpaul]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

What an absolutely horrible name! "Let's Go Guards!"....just rolls of the tongue. It sounds like some terrible USFL or Arena League team. If I were fans of the former Indians, I would either give up baseball or find a new team.

yes, it is a terrible name.

[Brian Van Horn]

LOL! Does anyone expect the name of "Guardians" to last? It is though the owner of the Indians added another punchline to "Major League".

[samosa4u]

Guardians? Doesn't sound like a sports team to me! If the word INDIAN offended some people, then they should have called themselves the Cleveland ERIE or Cleveland SENECANS!

[rhettyeakley]

Not a fan! I really thought the "Spiders" was a forgone conclusion.

The "Spiders" would have been a marketing Gold Mine! There are so many different ways to market that name and an image of a spider! So many promotions and the uniforms, logos, etc could have been so cool.

The Guardians is such a weak mascot that I can only guess that was only chosen because they couldn't protect the name Spiders like they wanted to. As mentioned it sounds like a fake name from a bad Disney sports movie.

**That being said, if they had gone with "Cleveland Rocks" or something like that it would have been SO MUCH WORSE! I'm glad they didn't go down that path.

[Casey2296]

At least when the team stinks the fans will have new placard choices...
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[rhettyeakley]

For those that have watched the TV show Community...

http://starsofthediamond.com/greendale.jpg

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Not a fan! I really thought the "Spiders" was a forgone conclusion.

The "Spiders" would have been a marketing Gold Mine! There are so many different ways to market that name and an image of a spider! So many promotions and the uniforms, logos, etc could have been so cool.

The Guardians is such a weak mascot that I can only guess that was only chosen because they couldn't protect the name Spiders like they wanted to. As mentioned it sounds like a fake name from a bad Disney sports movie.

**That being said, if they had gone with "Cleveland Rocks" or something like that it would have been SO MUCH WORSE! I'm glad they didn't go down that path.

Cleveland Rocks would have been hilarious. Every year the press could lead off spring with "Rocks' Pennant Hopes Sink Like A Stone". Was too similar the Colorado Rockies, though.

[Exhibitman]

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

lmfao

[Exhibitman]

I find it ironic that some people want to cancel "cancel culture".

I just learned that "Guardians" has a local history involving 100 year old statues on the road to the stadium area, and that they tried to find a name with the "dians" so they could maintain the logo style and nod to the old name.

I would still prefer the Spiders...their mascot could be Boris.

https://youtu.be/JWpz2OYf1QU

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Love it!

[Jim65]

Why stop there?

Minnesota Twins is offensive to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
San Francisco Giants is offensive to Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol.
Buffalo Bills is offensive to Deblasio, Gates, Clinton and Cosby

[egri]

I’m not a fan of it, both the decision to change and the new name. I thought Guardians was lame when the Space Force took it, and still do.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Why stop there?

Oh, they're not stopping there. They won't be satisfied until every team has a name like Unicorns, Rainbows or Butterflies.

Who's next? Possibly the New York Jets

https://www.foxnews.com/media/concha...global-warming

But it is what it is. What can you do? So, I try to find humor in their dumbass ways. After all, this is the same group of dumbasses that think there are more than 2 genders.