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Renaming the Cleveland baseball team (NOT FOR DEFENDING "INDIANS")

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Select a name for the Cleveland baseball team

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Soar said:
So what’s the shortened nickname ?

Like I always kinda just liked calling them Tribe instead of Indians cuz it was just easier to say. Or Cavs instead of Cavaliers.

Guardians is kinda a lot and Guards makes no sense.

Maybe then Gs?
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This is a great question. Headline writers will want a shortened version of the name. I suppose Gmen is not in play.
 
Getting rid of the Block "C" hat logo would be a win to me. Not sure I love the actual presented winged baseball logo but I do like the concept. Need to find a way to better work the "C" or Cleveland into the stitching or the wing design.
 
For me, it gets a slightly net positive. Mostly meh.

The new name is bland. Safe, generic.

Keeping the -dians, keeping the colors, I can get down with that. It's going to help the masses accept the change a little bit easier. Minimize the bitching and moaning. I like that. That's a win.

The font is too cartoony for me. It's like the old font, just worse. Honestly looking at it you might as well keep the same font too, if you're keeping -dians & the colors... I hope they make some changes with the font. It can be better. Took an L there.

The Baseball G is horrendous. Throw it out, try again. I wonder if they're avoiding another "human-like" logo in case humans decide in 80 years that that's racist too. (This is not commentary, just an observation, I'm all in on changing the name... it's a big positive).

Things I like?

I like the story behind Guardians. It's Hyper Local - that's fucking cool.

In that same vein, the two questions I've gotten from two different people:

1) Why Guardians? It requires explaining the bridge. Again, hyper local explanation for hyper local name. Increases my connection to Cleveland. Only a Clevelander would know 'why Guardians'.

2) Lol, what are they guarding? This one honestly I love to answer. They're guarding Cleveland. Fucking duh. I'm guarding Cleveland. I'm a Guardian. We're all Cleveland Guardians. I've lived in NYC, Boston, Florida. Always i'm met with... why Cleveland... lolCleveland.. Cleveland is shit hole this, Cleveland is a shit hole that... I've spent 30+ years defending, guarding Cleveland. It speaks to me as a fan of Cleveland sports. Big win there.

So for me, this is a net positive that can be tweaked into a cool thing. It needs time and more effort, more love, but.. it will grow on everybody.

We're all Cleveland Guardians, whether you like the name or not. We've spent our sports lives defending the land.
 
Fun exercise - everyone go through and read the venting thread, and guess why/because of whom both are now locked.
 
Chris said:
Lets goooo baby Guardians!!

…. logo needs some work tho.
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How do you make a fucking traffic director look like a badass that should be feared? Maybe the logo will be a dude writing a parking ticket with an angry face. I knew the name change was inevitable and I didn't really care, but this name sucks IMO. Oh well, I'll still be rooting for the Traffic Directors.
 
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