The Future of the Cleveland Indians

[LL3]

Tbf the lakers were originally in MN, so it did used to make sense.

Utah Jazz...if ever a name needed changing...

 

[LL3]

I kind of like the Commodores. Oliver Hazard Perry was a true hero, and if the name, etc., were to be changed, a fighting naval guy would make a great mascot/logo. This is a painting of John Paul Jones, but it conveys the general idea:

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The only “nautical “name I have liked so far.

 

[LL3]

Still love the marketing potential of Spiders...heck, maybe even som Marvel crossover.

 

[Randolphkeys]

The big question for me is which type of spider?

The Hobo Spider is the most common in Cleveland and creates those thick webs, but the name is only slightly intimidating.

The Black Widow is native to Cleveland, found one in my parents garage as a kid. They are deadly, which is cool.

The Wolf Spider is one of the biggest and hairiest spiders in Ohio. The name is imposing as well.

Clown Spiders are my personal favorite, but are native to Hawaii and rainforests.


...basically, I'm just entertained by the number of RCF members who said they don't like spiders.

 

[MadThinker88]

The big question for me is which type of spider?

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The Hobo Spider is the most common in Cleveland and creates those thick webs, but the name is only slightly intimidating.

The Black Widow is native to Cleveland, found one in my parents garage as a kid. They are deadly, which is cool.

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The Wolf Spider is one of the biggest and hairiest spiders in Ohio. The name is imposing as well.

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Clown Spiders are my personal favorite, but are native to Hawaii and rainforests.

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...basically, I'm just entertained by the number of RCF members who said they don't like spiders.

Going with Black Widow might cause some issues with Disney/ Marvel unless the idea was to get ScarJo to visit the ballpark a few times..

Being a bowler I have thrown a number of different Black Widow bowling balls. Always enjoyed throwing that product line & I got my 1st (& 5th) perfect games with Widows - #1 with a Black Widow Bite and #5 with a Black Widow Assassin.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

As thoroughly disgusting, creepy, satanic, and just plain horrible as most spiders are...you can still kill pretty much all of them just by stepping on them. At least with the ones you find here in Ohio.

I understand the history, but from what I've read, the team got that nickname because most of its players were a bunch of spindly ectomorphs. I mean...really? Why not just call us the Cleveland "Kick Sand In Our Faces Then Step On Us's?"

 

[JDailey23]

Can’t be “Black” Widow, just have to be widows

 

[daddywags]

Spiders is a non-starter for me. Most people dislike spiders. I could live with either Commodores or Guardians but really don’t much care for any of the options mentioned so far.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Can’t be “Black” Widow, just have to be widows

Why? Marvel has a character named "Black Widow", but the black widow spider existed long before Marvel named a character after them. There are other business entities that have "Black Widow" in their name as well. That being said, I'd hate the name anyway.

 

[LL3]

Going with Black Widow might cause some issues with Disney/ Marvel unless the idea was to get ScarJo to visit the ballpark a few times..

Being a bowler I have thrown a number of different Black Widow bowling balls. Always enjoyed throwing that product line & I got my 1st (& 5th) perfect games with Widows - #1 with a Black Widow Bite and #5 with a Black Widow Assassin.

I was only half joking before...Marvel May enjoy a link to MLB...though I was thinking Spiderman

 

[LL3]

As thoroughly disgusting, creepy, satanic, and just plain horrible as most spiders are...you can still kill pretty much all of them just by stepping on them. At least with the ones you find here in Ohio.

I understand the history, but from what I've read, the team got that nickname because most of its players were a bunch of spindly ectomorphs. I mean...really? Why not just call us the Cleveland "Kick Sand In Our Faces Then Step On Us's?"

Orioles, and Sox, and Cubs, etc are all pretty fierce ;-)...we’re gonna be ok.

 

[LL3]

Why? Marvel has a character named "Black Widow", but the black widow spider existed long before Marvel named a character after them. There are other business entities that have "Black Widow" in their name as well. That being said, I'd hate the name anyway.

I assumed he was talking about the form of the Spider for the potential logo...agree, that Black Widow would be a non-starter for me.

 

[ice cream man]

Whoever posted the pics of the spiders there's a special place in hell for you as far as I'm concerned.

 

[LL3]

Spiders is a non-starter for me. Most people dislike spiders. I could live with either Commodores or Guardians but really don’t much care for any of the options mentioned so far.

I am guessing we would not go with a furry, venom dripping arachnid...Spiderman is among the most popular comic characters...I think we could pull it off for baseball, too.

 

[Randolphkeys]

I assumed he was talking about the form of the Spider for the potential logo...agree, that Black Widow would be a non-starter for me.

I was talking about the form of the spider, the name Cleveland Spiders is the front runner.