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Cleveland Naps (Indians) Team History
Sports Team History ^ | 7/06/20

Posted on 07/06/2020 4:50:48 PM PDT by Libloather

Napoleon Lajoie arrived in Cleveland on June 4 and was an immediate hit, drawing 10,000 fans to League Park. Soon afterward, he was named team captain, and in 1903 the team was renamed the Cleveland Napoleons (soon shortened to Naps) after a newspaper conducted a write-in contest.

Cleveland Indians (1915–present)
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To: Libloather

21 posted on 07/06/2020 5:46:34 PM PDT by ThomasNast (2350)
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To: Libloather

Cleveland Pierogies


22 posted on 07/06/2020 5:51:14 PM PDT by ameribbean expat (Attention! All persons having the corona virus...please report to the nearest IRS office. Thank you.)
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To: brownsfan

It’s funny you mention that. When the USSR started allowing some of their hockey players to sign with NHL teams in North America back in the 1980s, they had that same odd way of describing the teams. Their sports ministry would issue public statements about notable players signing with NHL teams, but they wouldn’t include the team nicknames in these announcements. Instead, they’d simply report: “Igor Larionov has signed with the NHL Club Vancouver,” “Viacheslav Fetisov has signed with the NHL Club New Jersey,” etc.


23 posted on 07/06/2020 5:57:32 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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To: Libloather

The Cleveland Richard’s.

Maybe too long for some. I guess you could shorten it.


24 posted on 07/06/2020 6:19:02 PM PDT by logitech
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To: Libloather

Naps won’t work. Ask Imus.


25 posted on 07/06/2020 6:21:55 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Eternal lives matter.)
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To: Libloather

Cleveland Surrenders


26 posted on 07/06/2020 6:22:53 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Eternal lives matter.)
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To: Libloather

Cleveland Caves


27 posted on 07/06/2020 6:23:31 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Eternal lives matter.)
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To: Libloather

Cleveland Thorpes.

After Jim Thorpe the American Indian who played for the Cleveland Indians.


28 posted on 07/06/2020 6:42:18 PM PDT by crz
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To: Libloather

OH and to renamed the Redkins?

Rename them the Buckskins.


29 posted on 07/06/2020 6:43:25 PM PDT by crz
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To: brownsfan

Club is actually a weapon and promotes violence. Snow flakes will melt away with the thought of violence being portrayed by the imagery {barf alert}


30 posted on 07/06/2020 7:08:59 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
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To: ameribbean expat

Or Cleveland Kielbasa’s


31 posted on 07/06/2020 7:13:16 PM PDT by EC Washington
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To: Libloather

How bout the Redskins?


32 posted on 07/06/2020 7:14:08 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: Libloather
Replace the feather with a red emergency stop button in the middle of the forehead.

Voila, Cleveland East Indians.

33 posted on 07/06/2020 7:18:55 PM PDT by deadrock (<img src="WIDTH420WIDTH420.jpeg" width="420">)
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Bump


34 posted on 07/06/2020 7:36:01 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: Libloather
Cleveland Generics

Best to play it safe

35 posted on 07/06/2020 8:00:47 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Donald J Trump 45th President of the United States! MAGA)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I think Jim Polk was the best Democrat POTUS.


36 posted on 07/06/2020 9:45:41 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: Libloather

Cleveland Erie’s
Cleveland Wyandotte’s
Cleveland Senecas
Cleveland Delawares
Cleveland Miami’s
Cleveland Waynes


37 posted on 07/06/2020 9:52:34 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2020. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: Varsity Flight

Cleveland Ohy ios
Cleveland Cowards


38 posted on 07/06/2020 9:54:52 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2020. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: timestax

Clevland Clucks


39 posted on 07/06/2020 10:20:28 PM PDT by Theophilus (Mask America Great Again)
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To: Rembrandt
The largest minority now is not Black, it’s Hispanic.

Blacks are not the largest, but they are the loudest. "Squeaky wheel..."

40 posted on 07/07/2020 6:06:28 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Does the left like anything about America?)
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