Cleveland Indians players meet with team leadership to discuss potential name change

The Hill ^ | 07 21 2020 | Marty Johnson

[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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[shanover]

MLB swirls the bowl.

[coaster123]

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

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

[bkopto]

Awww jeez.

Who cares?

Go ahead and indulge your psychosis.

[Mark]

Okay- The Cleveland Trumpsters!

[cld51860]

There is an Indian School Road in Phoenix.

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

[Secret Agent Man]

Cleveland Cuckolds

Cleveland Noballers

Cleveland Indigenouses

Cleveland Outofworkers

Clwfeland Rustbelters

[Jane Long]

Agree. Yours certainly was not.

🙄

[Dr. Sivana]

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

[coaster123]

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

[Jane Long]

Go to bed, n00b.

Past your bedtime.

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

[ROCKLOBSTER]

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".

[ROCKLOBSTER]

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.

[Arcadian Empire]

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

[cgbg]

How many Native Americans were in the room?

[LukeL]

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.

[coaster123]

Lol @ finding your worth in tenure on a website.

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

[Mark17]

So, the cowboys?!

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

[Mark17]

“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. 👎

[Gene Eric]

Cleveland Idiots works for me

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Hmmmmm.....

Who are you talking to?