The Cleveland Baseball Team

[Derwood]

Spiders is a million times cooler than that bland bullcrap

 

 

These teams spend millions on consultants and focus groups, which is why they (almost) always a bad up with the most milquetoast names/logos possible.

[David]

Spiders was right there for the taking. They blew it!

 

Guardians sounds like the name of a team that the Sharks would have played in Any Given Sunday

 

People keep saying this, but the Indians were never the Spiders. The Spiders were a short-lived 19th century team

 

look who you're replying to

 

do you think he doesn't know this?

 

edit - lol he actually said the same thing on the first page

[UMFan83]

 

Official

 

Holy horsefeathers that looks awful, especially the G logo. Like wtf is that...are those wings taken from the old Angels logo? The font is awful too, it looks like a low budget little league team logo that was created by some parent flipping through various fonts.

[cl smooth]

in the minority here but i'm feeling the new logos.

[CubinNY]

in the minority here but i'm feeling the new logos.

I like it too. I would have liked the spiders better though.

Edited July 23, 2021 by CubinNY

[David]

 

Official

 

That font sure is...something

 

Can't wait to see the mixed upside down font caps!

[Brian707]

I like it simply because it is really going to piss off those crying "cancel culture" "political correctness is killing Murica"

[Thurman Merman]

I feel like this name was chosen because it shares half it's name with indians. Out with the "in", in with the "guar".

[Derwood]

Spiders was right there for the taking. They blew it!

 

Guardians sounds like the name of a team that the Sharks would have played in Any Given Sunday

 

People keep saying this, but the Indians were never the Spiders. The Spiders were a short-lived 19th century team

 

look who you're replying to

 

do you think he doesn't know this?

 

edit - lol he actually said the same thing on the first page

 

Well after all these years, we're nothing if not predictable

[cl smooth]

I feel like this name was chosen because it shares half it's name with indians. Out with the "in", in with the "guar".

 

There’s statues that “guard” the street leading towards Progressive Field, which is what the team will be named after.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Spiders was right there for the taking. They blew it!

 

Guardians sounds like the name of a team that the Sharks would have played in Any Given Sunday

Or APF 2K8

 

This is just really corny

[imb]

spiders would have been great but guardians is fine. and the logo is awesome

[OleMissCub]

look who you're replying to

 

do you think he doesn't know this?

 

edit - lol he actually said the same thing on the first page

 

hahaha, indeed.

 

My dorkass can even name two players off the top of my head who were Spiders: Cy Young and Bobby Wallace.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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[Bertz]

[SpongeWorthy]

[CubinNY]

TFG says "indians" are mad that the MLB changed the name.

[TruffleShuffle]

I like it simply because it is really going to piss off those crying "cancel culture" "political correctness is killing Murica"

 

 

I mean there are teams named after sock colors. Not to mention the Philadelphia Phillies (what is that?), Utah Jazz, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, and so on. Plus Washington is playing two seasons as Washington Football Team. Just about any choice people were going to say “uhhh that’s stupid” and then will get used to it within a couple of years.

 

Plus reactionary racists like Rich Lowry would have been angry unless they changed it to some other term punching down on a marginalized minority group.

[NOLA]

I like it simply because it is really going to piss off those crying "cancel culture" "political correctness is killing Murica"

 

 

I mean there are teams named after sock colors. Not to mention the Philadelphia Phillies (what is that?), Utah Jazz, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, and so on. Plus Washington is playing two seasons as Washington Football Team. Just about any choice people were going to say “uhhh that’s stupid” and then will get used to it within a couple of years.

 

Plus reactionary racists like Rich Lowry would have been angry unless they changed it to some other term punching down on a marginalized minority group.

Agree with everything you said. It’s still a dumb name. It sounds like an Arena League football team.

[17 Seconds]

guardians is fine and that logo is sweet

[stitchface]

I like it simply because it is really going to piss off those crying "cancel culture" "political correctness is killing Murica"

 

 

I mean there are teams named after sock colors. Not to mention the Philadelphia Phillies (what is that?), Utah Jazz, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, and so on. Plus Washington is playing two seasons as Washington Football Team. Just about any choice people were going to say “uhhh that’s stupid” and then will get used to it within a couple of years.

 

Plus reactionary racists like Rich Lowry would have been angry unless they changed it to some other term punching down on a marginalized minority group.

 

well, the lakers were from minnesota and the jazz from new orleans so maybe those aren't that dumb? I think knickerbocker has some historical deal but really, who cares?

[David]

[toonsterwu]

Yes, Knickerbocker is a reference to things in Manhattan before I certain date. I should've googled it up, but I didn't. I want to say 1850's?

 

I think the name sounds pretty silly as well, but names take time to adjust to. We, as people, tend to cling to traditions despite traditions often losing their meaning and value over time, and we cling to names in the same manner. I mean, it took awhile for people to start calling the Bullets the Wizards, but eventually they did, despite how silly it is to have a name like Wizards.

 

The mildly interesting thing on names is that there is a small groundswell to keep the Washington Football Team as the Washington Football Team. It's sort of catching on. I'll be curious what they do with that name. For marketing purposes, they'll probably have to pick one.

[Clem Fandango]

in the minority here but i'm feeling the new logos.

 

Yeah, I don't hate it. Any of it really.

[Banedon]

I feel like this name was chosen because it shares half it's name with indians. Out with the "in", in with the "guar".

 

There’s statues that “guard” the street leading towards Progressive Field, which is what the team will be named after.