Cleveland Guardians?!

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Gentlemen! “Volunteers” comes from those that joined General Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans against the British in the War of 1812. It was actually a rag tag army of fellow Tennesseans, Indians, Creole and Cajuns (?) that knew a helluva lot more about high/low tide and river currents and used it to kick the British a$$ a second time. Pick up Brian Meade’s “Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans”. Great read.
 
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Snowflakes everywhere. White people claiming native heritage as if it magically validates opinions is hilarious. What does he actually know about the decision-making process?

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C-south said:
No. I think it’s sad that there are people so petty and stupid to be offended by such things that in no way were ever meant to be offensive.
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And all the self-aware people being offended by the change in name of a bad franchise (which they don’t follow) of a marginally popular sport (which many don’t follow) in an ugly city (that many of them have never even been to) were like:

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Lol. Just kidding. None of the offended people are self-aware.
 
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Guardians is a "meh" name at best, and that logo is awful. I'd expect more from a major league team.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Snowflakes everywhere. White people claiming native heritage as if it magically validates opinions is hilarious. What does he actually know about the decision-making process?

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I have mixed feelings about this letter.... on the one hand, the chief law enforcement officer of Portage County should spend his time writing letters of higher consequence than a team name change. On the other hand, I guess he does raise a good question about the name selection process. They could have come up with a thousand other names that would have been better.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
I have mixed feelings about this letter.... on the one hand, the chief law enforcement officer of Portage County should spend his time writing letters of higher consequence than a team name change. On the other hand, I guess he does raise a good question about the name selection process. They could have come up with a thousand other names that would have been better.
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Sounds like his gripe is with the decision to depart from the old name, not the decision on Guardians over alternate new names. I don’t have mixed feelings, the guy is whining because things didn’t go his way and hoping someone will care because “his wife is a descendent” which he can’t spell
 
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GAVol said:
2 teams are named for socks and 1 team is named for its stirrups. Team names aren’t exactly a science.
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Socks, animals, location specific traits. Some just lend themselves better to sports names IMO. I don’t think anyone will ever say “that is an amazing team name”. At best I think a team could hope for an “it’s not terrible” from the sports world.

Maybe in a few decades the Guardians name will be one fans admire. Probably just depend on how much they win going forward.

But that logo is awful.
 
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