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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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MRMsix6 said:
Why isn't Steamers the obvious answer again? Someone help me out here.

Municipals? That might be the lamest name in the history of names. It's a non-name. It's giving up and waving the white flag on naming.
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Municipals is as bad if we named ourselves the Metropolitans or Nationals right?
 
The Cleveland Munis < The Cleveland Pals
 
Out of the Rafters at the Q said:
If you weren't the nation's capital, or the largest metropolitan area, then sure.
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I mean Municipals isnt my favorite, but honestly, Indians is a horrible name too and didnt stop me from enjoying Cleveland is my only point.

They are way over thinking this.

What ever the name is will seem weird for a couple of years then become normal. It didnt take Baltimore that long to name their football team when they stole the one from Cleveland. Its a dumb name, but they got over it.
 
When I hear Municipal, I think of the Muni Lot, where Clevelanders gather for 10 days a year to get drunk, fight and fall off their vans.

Steamers is an apt name for the offense this team is running out there.
 
Lee said:
I mean Municipals isnt my favorite, but honestly, Indians is a horrible name too and didnt stop me from enjoying Cleveland is my only point.

They are way over thinking this.

What ever the name is will seem weird for a couple of years then become normal. It didnt take Baltimore that long to name their football team when they stole the one from Cleveland. Its a dumb name, but they got over it.
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It's their brand, they can't really overthink it imo unless they end up with an incredibly generic name like color+wolves or the like just to avoid any possible offense. But I fully understand taking their time to get this right.

On your last note- what if they tried to stick it to Baltimore, like name them the Colts? Or Blackbirds?
 
macbdog said:
It's their brand, they can't really overthink it imo unless they end up with an incredibly generic name like color+wolves or the like just to avoid any possible offense. But I fully understand taking their time to get this right.

On your last note- what if they tried to stick it to Baltimore, like name them the Colts? Or Blackbirds?
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Its a bit late, but giving Baltimore the name Colts back would have be fine. Blackbirds no worse than Ravens imo.
 
Lee said:
Its a bit late, but giving Baltimore the name Colts back would have be fine. Blackbirds no worse than Ravens imo.
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What's the hate on the Ravens name? I think it's a good name. Fine, traditional name (after an animal) tied in with Poe? I think they did a good job.

Giving them the Colts back would've been the only name that comes to mind as a better option.
 
I'm starting to think Foresters may be the way they go. It checks all the boxes - connection to the city, baseball heritage, etc. Lots of potential good mascots, then all the baseball lingo about swinging lumber, putting good wood on the ball....and obviously the double entendres for marketing.
 
The Human Q-Tip said:
I'm starting to think Foresters may be the way they go. It checks all the boxes - connection to the city, baseball heritage, etc. Lots of potential good mascots, then all the baseball lingo about swinging lumber, putting good wood on the ball....and obviously the double entendres for marketing.
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Spiders does all that too, webbing in the glove, throwing some venom, ect.

How about Buckeye, heritage and its the only woke name. Plus you can say Bieber is a tough nut to crack ect.

What ever they pick some will love it, some will hate it. But one thing I know for sure, they could pick the worst name ever and I will still root for the team that plays baseball in Cleveland.

Also, I am beginning to like Buckeye. Ohio related, my only issue is the confusion with the team in Columbus, but the coolness and feeling of satisfaction I would get giving a MLB team a name from the Negro Leagues might outweigh the confusion with the college team.
 
Lee said:
Spiders does all that too, webbing in the glove, throwing some venom, ect.

How about Buckeye, heritage and its the only woke name. Plus you can say Bieber is a tough nut to crack ect.

What ever they pick some will love it, some will hate it. But one thing I know for sure, they could pick the worst name ever and I will still root for the team that plays baseball in Cleveland.

Also, I am beginning to like Buckeye. Ohio related, my only issue is the confusion with the team in Columbus, but the coolness and feeling of satisfaction I would get giving a MLB team a name from the Negro Leagues might outweigh the confusion with the college team.
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There is a creepiness factor about spiders that may turn off some people, but perhaps they could overcome that by making the spider cute or something. And I don't think it's as much an issue of following the team as it is buying merchandise.
 
The Human Q-Tip said:
There is a creepiness factor about spiders that may turn off some people, but perhaps they could overcome that by making the spider cute or something. And I don't think it's as much an issue of following the team as it is buying merchandise.
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Well if its a merch thing, then for sure the Cleveland Hemorrhoids is out....no pun intended.
 
The Oi said:
Here are some of the ones I proposed to pad their list:

Janitors
White Collars
Hard Workers
Lazy Bones
Blue Collars
Friendly Guys
Tough Dudes
Scary Boys
Comforters
Hall of Famers
Almosters
Don’t Mess With Us’es
Gym Shorts
White Tees
Dinosaurs
Evolution
Promposals
Stags
Chonks
Workout Warriors
Great Apes
Humans
The Entire Animal Kingdoms
Relativity
Black Holes
Fusion
Fission
Room Clearers
Sprayers
Environmentalists
Polluters

No clue if they’re using any of these, but I thought some were good and tried to cover all my bases.
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Plebs, Simpletons and Mouth Breathers
 
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