Major League Baseball: Cleveland Indians to rebrand as Cleveland Guardians in 2022

UPI ^ | 07/23/2021 | Alex Butler

[windsorknot]

It took the team 106 years to wake up to the travesty of their team name.

[ontap]

Been there done that!!!

[foreverfree]

My mother and I have a Choptank Indian chief for an ancestor. She and I have never been offended by Amerindian names or mascots, and "Cleveland Indians" is no exception.

ff

[hanamizu]

Probably worried it’d sound to much like “Injuns”.

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Fun fact. ‘Injun’ is likely the original pronunciation of the word. The letter ‘J’ didn’t enter the English alphabet until after contact with both India and the discovery of the new world; the letter ‘I’ could make both the vowel i sound as well as the j sound.

In old movies about India, you might hear the country’s name pronounced ‘Indja’, even though it was always spelled ‘India’. As people became literate they pronounced the second i in India as an i rather than the older j sound.

[al_c]

I wonder who Jon Daniels has pictures of that he still has his job.

Right?!

[al_c]

Ha, my Tigers just swept them. They are almost to .500.

It wasn't a difficult task for them. :-/

[Vaduz]

It’s why Indians don’t often cross breed fear of getting the habit.

[libh8er]

So what happens if you display a Cleveland Indians banner at a Cleveland “Guardians” game ?

[FatherofFive]

Typical. Remove the Indians, keep the land.

Perfect. The Rats won’t see the irony.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Looking forward to life without sports.

Wokism destroyed it and it’ll never make a comeback.

[bigdaddy45]

What the f*** is a “Guardian”? is this the Onion? Or the Bee?

[Rowdyone]

That was my reaction, too. Our indigenous people who were forcefully displaced onto Reservations, and where many remain, were forced by a “guardian” government agency (BIA) that is hated by them to this very day. I would think that Guardians would be insulting and inappropriate.

[ifinnegan]

This seems like a joke.

[IndyTiger]

So what happens if you display a Cleveland Indians banner at a Cleveland “Guardians” game ?

My guess, ballpark security will confiscate it, or escort you out of the ballpark.

I liked the Cleveland Spiders, but I heard that focus groups showed that women hated that name.

[CatOwner]

Looking forward to life without sports.

I grew up following sports. Giving up that history is difficult. I'm barely following MLB these days, and I do mean barely. But I am trying to decide on a PC baseball simulator so I can model players mostly from years past, much like we did as kids with Strat-O-Matic and APBA. Action! PC and Diamond Mind are at the top of that list.

[Honorary Serb]

“Guardians”—stupid and meaningless!!!!

Just like biden and harris!!!!

PHOOEY!!!!

[NEBO]

I have MANY native American Indians in my ancestry... Cherokee... We LOVE the team names Warriors, Chiefs, Chieftains, Indians.... yadda yadda...

[NEBO]

My first thought exactly! Guardians of the Universe! LOL

[IndyTiger]

I'm barely following MLB these days, and I do mean barely.

Me too. I used to be a huge baseball fan, but haven’t watched a game in years. Still like football, though. High school, college, or pros.

[j.havenfarm]

Appointed by the probate court?