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

[sportscoach]

That post would have got you banned 15 years ago lol.

Though those were the good times in the NBA... I don't like the way that sport has gone personally...

 

[JMcCurry08]

Not sure if Meisel is trolling but……

 

[Derek]

I’m confused by Cleveland sports fans that have never heard of the Guardians.

They have been in countless “hype” videos for both Cavs and Indians games in stadium and on tv. They were in the player intro video for the Cavs for at least 2 years during Lebron era. The Cavs even had the guardians on their shorts for one of their alternate jerseys 3-4 years ago.

I think I’ve only driven on that bridge once in my life and like many here, have been to Cleveland countless times, but the guardians are pretty well shoved down your throat often.

Still the best name if you ask me though.

I never pay any attention to hype videos. So, maybe that’s it. Not only had I never personally noticed them, but I’d never even heard anyone talk about them until the last six months.

 

[Huber.]

How do you explain this name to people outside of Cleveland (and many in Cleveland it looks like) in a way that doesn't draw odd looks?

 

[Urban]

"They're 4 43 foot statues on a 90 year old bridge that connects Ohio City to Downtown Cleveland. You can see 2 of them if you're standing at the entrance of Progressive Field"

Pretty sure on the last part, but not positive.

 

[macbdog]

How do you explain this name to people outside of Cleveland (and many in Cleveland it looks like) in a way that doesn't draw odd looks?

The same way a New Yorker explains what a Yankee is or how Chicago or Boston fans describe why their team is named after footwear or LA explain wtf a Dodger is.

 

[bigfoot5415]

How do you explain this name to people outside of Cleveland (and many in Cleveland it looks like) in a way that doesn't draw odd looks?

The same way you explain what a Laker is doing in Los Angeles, Packer is, Brown I'd, what's a 49, why are there multiple teams named after sox, what Clippers are, etc etc.


Name it. Explain it & with time; everyone will roll with it. Why?

In the words of Joe Dirts Daddy, the great Earl Nunemaker "it just does".

 

[bigfoot5415]

The same way a New Yorker explains what a Yankee is or how Chicago or Boston fans describe why their team is named after footwear or LA explain wtf a Dodger is.

Laker is the one that upsets me. There ain't no lakes in LA.

 

[Derek]

Laker is the one that upsets me. There ain't no lakes in LA.

They don’t allow music in Utah and they call them the Jazz

 

[Sumac13]

They don’t allow music in Utah and they call them the Jazz

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir might disagree. As would Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons.

 

[Sumac13]

For the curious, here's some history behind the Guardians of Traffic:

Guardians Of Cleveland Baseball Inspired By Iconic Guardians Of Traffic

The bridge’s guardians are icons for the city, imagined nearly a century ago, when Cleveland was the fifth largest city.

www.ideastream.org

Second Link:

Iconic Cleveland: The History Behind Cleveland’s Guardians of Traffic

Towering over the Hope Memorial Bridge — formerly known as the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge — these detailed sculptures are Northeast Ohio’s most significant Art Deco monuments.

clevelandmagazine.com

 

[macbdog]

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir might disagree. As would Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons.

He thinks Footloose was a documentary chronicling the start of Kevin Bacon's movie career.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Of course people around the country (and a lot of people in Cleveland) won't understand what the name refers to. So I suggest an alternative; the Cleveland Crossing Guards. Or the Cleveland Traffickers.

This reminds me of my favorite Johnny Carson joke, back in the 90's.

Did you hear the NBA Washington Bullets changed the name of their team? Yeah, they no longer wanted to be associated with crime. So from now on they're simply going to be known as "The Bullets".

 

[Pjlea28]

10 Things You Should Know About the Guardians of Traffic Statues, Since You Might Be Rooting for the Guardians Soon

photos.clevescene.com

 

[Selby]

I’m confused by Cleveland sports fans that have never heard of the Guardians.

They have been in countless “hype” videos for both Cavs and Indians games in stadium and on tv. They were in the player intro video for the Cavs for at least 2 years during Lebron era. The Cavs even had the guardians on their shorts for one of their alternate jerseys 3-4 years ago.

I think I’ve only driven on that bridge once in my life and like many here, have been to Cleveland countless times, but the guardians are pretty well shoved down your throat often.

Still the best name if you ask me though.

It also is literally the opening scene of Major League. I assume most posting in this section of the forum have seen that movie at least a dozen times.