Posted on 07/21/2020 7:58:13 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Several Cleveland Indians players met with the team's ownership on Tuesday to discuss changing the name of the team, following the decision by Washington's NFL team to change its name.
In addition to the players and team owner Paul Dolan, manager Terry Francona, president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti and general manager Mike Chernoff were also all involved in the dialogue, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.
“I was really, really happy and content to just sit there and let them talk back and forth,” Francona said. “It’s one of the reasons that I speak so glowingly of our organization. Today was another reason why.”
He added: “Sometimes perspectives can be different and it’s good for everybody to hear that. ... Everybody was so genuinely honest, but also respectful in the way they gave their opinions. I was really proud of everybody.”
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I DEMAND that they change their team name. The Mumbai Clevelands sounds about right!
“We’re now Cleveland I!”
“Hey! Our team of indians has called itself the Cleveland I for 20 years!”
“LMAO! We got lawyers, baby! Screw y’all real Indians!”
Uhh, Why?
Do we hate Indians now?
The Cleveland Engines
Not plural. Mistake on you.
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LOL...you mean...there’s only ONE player on the team?? (Hint: It’s a play on the actual saying. Geez.)
Maybe the mistake is on YOU ;-)
I knew an indian who loved indian jokes and had an “Indians discovered America” sticker on his car. He and his buddy were playing a pow wow for the white folks and their “lyric” sheets blew away. He said, “We just started going ‘hey-ya, hey-ya, hey-ya!’ They didn’t know the difference!”
And considering they came from Asia, that opens up another
can of worms.
Cleveland Steamers
Cleveland Redskins.
They’ll probably go back to Cleveland Spiders, the nickname they had when they lost a record 134 games in 1899.
Cleveland Redskins.
None of friends who are tribal members have ever expressed to me that they are offended by the term Indians. Most have a great sense of humor.
What did Oil Can Boyd once say? “That’s what you get for building a ballpark on the ocean.”
I”m trying to decide between a Chinese flag or USSR flag mask for my walmart shopping. Decisions, decisions.
If they don’t like the name they can always resign their contracts and play in Cuba for Cuban wages.
[[[They only call themselves Native Americans when talking to government officials.]]]
I thought it was “First Nations” now.
“First Nations”
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