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Cleveland Indians players meet with team leadership to discuss potential name change
The Hill ^ | 07 21 2020 | Marty Johnson

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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KEYWORDS: baseball; cleveland; clevelandbums; clevelandcowards; clevelandjellyfish; clevelandreds; clevelandsnowflakes
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To: BrexitBen

MLB swirls the bowl.


41 posted on 07/21/2020 8:53:00 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Jane Long

No, I didn’t mean there is only one player on the team.

Okay, a play. Not all plays are well executed.


42 posted on 07/21/2020 9:01:08 PM PDT by coaster123 (Distrust everyone under 60.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Awww jeez.

Who cares?

Go ahead and indulge your psychosis.


43 posted on 07/21/2020 9:03:59 PM PDT by bkopto
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To: yesthatjallen

Okay- The Cleveland Trumpsters!


44 posted on 07/21/2020 9:06:39 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: adorno

There is an Indian School Road in Phoenix.

I’m sure that will be renamed soon amidst all of this mania.


45 posted on 07/21/2020 9:07:50 PM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: yesthatjallen

Cleveland Cuckolds

Cleveland Noballers

Cleveland Indigenouses

Cleveland Outofworkers

Clwfeland Rustbelters


46 posted on 07/21/2020 9:12:48 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: coaster123
Agree. Yours certainly was not.

🙄


47 posted on 07/21/2020 9:13:56 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: cld51860
There is an Indian School Road in Phoenix.

That's going to be tough, as that is a major road, and the Indian School it is named after only closed within my lifetime.

However, they are renaming Robert E. Lee Street and Squaw Peak, so I guess anything's possible.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/phoenix-change-robert-lee-squaw-peak-street-names-71613004
48 posted on 07/21/2020 9:17:14 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Jane Long

It is clear I was making reference to your post. Confounding is lame.


49 posted on 07/21/2020 9:17:16 PM PDT by coaster123 (Distrust everyone under 60.)
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To: coaster123

Go to bed, n00b.

Past your bedtime.

Oh, and...don’t bother posting to me, anymore.


50 posted on 07/21/2020 9:20:47 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: adorno
Technically, they are still not "Indians".

Sure they are, if they say so. (and they pronounce it Indan)

In fact, one well educated Lakota told me that the word came from "Indios"....which, he said, means "with God". He said; "I'd rather be with God, than a native American."

The term is properly "American Indian".

51 posted on 07/21/2020 9:26:00 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month".)
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To: yesthatjallen
The Cleveland Indians are named to honor a specific person. Early in their history, while they were named the Cleveland Spiders, they had a man who was the first of his kind. His name was Louis Sockalexis.

He was a Penobscot Indian from Maine. His remaining family and the Penobscots are very proud of that.

He was the first Indian to play Major League baseball, but had to endure racial taunts and slurs from the press and players from other teams.

52 posted on 07/21/2020 9:49:30 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month".)
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To: yesthatjallen

Let’s ban terms like “honkey” and “cracker”.


53 posted on 07/21/2020 9:50:01 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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To: yesthatjallen

How many Native Americans were in the room?


54 posted on 07/21/2020 9:50:50 PM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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To: odawg

In Wisconsin many people would mute their TV and listen to Bob Uecker announce the Brewer game. Not because of anything political, just that Uecker was great at doing both play by play and color commentary. I could see a lucrative market for people doing play by play via the internet.


55 posted on 07/21/2020 9:55:42 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: Jane Long
Lol @ finding your worth in tenure on a website.

It's no bother. If you don't want replies then quit the site.

56 posted on 07/21/2020 9:57:42 PM PDT by coaster123 (Distrust everyone under 60.)
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To: Pikachu_Dad
So, the cowboys?!

They might have to change their name to the Cowmen, at the risk of toxic masculinity. 😁

57 posted on 07/21/2020 10:02:08 PM PDT by Mark17 (Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot. USAF RULES)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
“I was really, really happy and content to just sit there and let them talk back and forth,” Francona said.

That sounds like a typical woke PC statement to me. 👎

58 posted on 07/21/2020 10:15:09 PM PDT by Mark17 (Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot. USAF RULES)
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Cleveland Idiots works for me


59 posted on 07/21/2020 10:19:41 PM PDT by Gene Eric ( Don't be a statist!)
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To: Mark17

Hmmmmm.....

Who are you talking to?


60 posted on 07/21/2020 10:26:04 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month".)
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