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Change the Indians' Name All You Want --
You Can’t Have My Memories

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Posted By: SurferLad, 7/26/2021 8:12:09 AM

If only my mother hadn’t thrown out all of my Cleveland Indians stuff, I could possibly become rich from memorabilia sales by this time next year when My Team will have become the Cleveland Guardians. [Snip] This team name-changing business is, of course, rampant silliness, like so much of PCness. In my youth, I thought a pro sports team named for a brave warrior people was an honor. It never occurred to me the Giants name made fun of tall people. Or the Dodgers avoided the draft

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Reply 1 - Posted by: JrSample 7/26/2021 8:55:02 AM (No. 857201)
''Guardians'' doesn't make any sense. The best name would be Cleveland Steamers.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Phantomll 7/26/2021 8:56:31 AM (No. 857206)
How about the Cleveland Wokemen?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: bigfatslob 7/26/2021 9:00:01 AM (No. 857211)
In these time the Cleveland Protesters would be fitting. The poor Indians, Braves, Tomahawks, or anything related to the Native Americans is out the window. I guess they could be PC and become the Cleveland Casino Owners to maintain the Indian identity.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Skinnydip 7/26/2021 9:18:55 AM (No. 857235)
Remember when they changed Cape Canaveral to Cape Kennedy and changed it back after a few years? Maybe there’s hope.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Rather Read 7/26/2021 9:35:34 AM (No. 857253)
It's getting so every brand that has a mascot or face of the brand that is a minority has been changed. Good bye Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians, Uncle Ben Rice, Land O Lakes Butter, Aunt Jemima Pancakes. I expect they will go after the Atlanta Braves, the Chicago Blackhawks and any other team with an Indian name. The Seminole tribe in Florida has approved the Florida State Seminoles and make the regalia for Chief Osceola and Renegade, so I hope that one at least is safe.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly 7/26/2021 9:44:22 AM (No. 857265)
The should have just removed the feather off of Chief Wahoo, given him a nose job, and called the team the Wahoos. Easy.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: zoidberg 7/26/2021 10:22:16 AM (No. 857328)
Another mistake from the Mistake on the Lake.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: downnout 7/26/2021 10:35:29 AM (No. 857354)
The truly sad aspect of this is that the “Indians” were so named in honor of the first Native American Indian playing for Cleveland. So by renaming the team the woke crowd are throwing out the honor bestowed on a Native American. How very racist of them.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Surroundedbyblue 7/26/2021 10:56:53 AM (No. 857381)
Any “fan” that continues to support wokeness on steroids needs to be slapped upside the head and woken up. Walk away. Don’t give them ticket dollars. Don’t give them to or radio viewership dollars. Don’t care about them. They clearly don’t care about you.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: MickTurn 7/26/2021 11:07:03 AM (No. 857410)
#1, yea Guardians makes lots of sense...They are now the Guardians of Price Gouging for Beer, Popcorn, Hotdogs etc.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Folsomguy 7/26/2021 8:10:09 PM (No. 857994)
They tarnish the man for whom the team was named. People are too stupid to learn why they named it Indians and react without the knowledge.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: mifla 7/27/2021 6:43:19 AM (No. 858304)
OK, so how is the world a better place now?
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