Please Cleveland: go back to Indians?

[John1941]

I think they should have stayed with Indians. The name of the Indians was used in a racist way, but it can also be used to honor Indians. Going from Indians (specific and interesting) to Guardians (sounds generic) is going downhill.

[D. Bergin]

I'm fine with just about any name change for any reason anybody wants to do it. The names Brown's, Bee's, Senators, Pilot's, Expos, etc... also don't exist anymore either, for whatever reasons.

"Guardians" is pretty weak and generic though. They should have come up with something better. Working with local tribes to come up with a name suitable to them, sounds like a good idea to me also, but I have no idea the complexities involved to do something like that.

Maybe this speaks to my own budget, and what I want to put into seeing an actual baseball game live...but I was more annoyed then I ever have been, when our local minor league AA team went from the New Britain Rock Cats (I thought that was a pretty cool name and mascot)...to the Hartford Yard Goats.

Seriously, what the F%*k is a "Yard Goat"?

Is it just a goat in your yard? ...and why the hell would you name a baseball team after that?

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I'm fine with just about any name change for any reason anybody wants to do it. The names Brown's, Bee's, Senators, Pilot's, Expos, etc... also don't exist anymore either, for whatever reasons.

"Guardians" is pretty weak and generic though. They should have come up with something better. Working with local tribes to come up with a name suitable to them, sounds like a good idea to me also, but I have no idea the complexities involved to do something like that.

Maybe this speaks to my own budget, and what I want to put into seeing an actual baseball game live...but I was more annoyed then I ever have been, when our local minor league AA team went from the New Britain Rock Cats (I thought that was a pretty cool name and mascot)...to the Hartford Yard Goats.

Seriously, what the F%*k is a "Yard Goat"?

Is it just a goat in your yard? ...and why the hell would you name a baseball team after that?

"The nickname "Yard Goats" was selected as part of a "Name the Team" contest which drew over 6,000 submissions. "Yard goats" is rail-yard slang for the switch engines or terminal tractors that shuttle train cars between different locomotives. The stadium is adjacent to the Hartford rail yards."

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

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

"The nickname "Yard Goats" was selected as part of a "Name the Team" contest which drew over 6,000 submissions. "Yard goats" is rail-yard slang for the switch engines or terminal tractors that shuttle train cars between different locomotives. The stadium is adjacent to the Hartford rail yards."

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

HaHa yeah, I've read all that before.

Believe me, Hartford is NOT known for it's rail yards.

Also, their mascot is an actual goat. If you go to a home game, they have a petting zoo full of goats.

I guess it would be pretty cool if they had a petting zoo full of rail yard workers, though probably not suitable for the kids.

This was what they gave away one bobble head day:



Don't get me wrong. It's a great park and they do a good job running the organization, but man.....I can't abide.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

HaHa yeah, I've read all that before.

Believe me, Hartford is NOT known for it's rail yards.

Also, their mascot is an actual goat. If you go to a home game, they have a petting zoo full of goats.

I guess it would be pretty cool if they had a petting zoo full of rail yard workers, though probably not suitable for the kids.

This was what they gave away one bobble head day:



Don't get me wrong. It's a great park and they do a good job running the organization, but man.....I can't abide.

Lol! I suppose they could have done better... The Hartford Mark Twains, perhaps?

I had a chuckle reading through the list of current minor league affiliates:
https://www.milb.com/about/teams

I like that the Cedar Rapids Kernels have an anthropomorphized corn cob as their logo

[Carter08]

Naps would have been very cool but overall I think Cleveland Baseball Club and Washington Football Club would be better than the chosen names.

[frankbmd]

The Cleveland Eeries (not a typo)

An Eerie closer would scare the visitors to death.