@westside-steve said:

Oh no that one's verboten. Indians pitcher John Rocker said some non politically correct things a long time ago.

WSS

He was a buffoon

@gorka said:

Yeah there was. Funny you brought this up this around same time I did.

Oh no that one's verboten. Indians pitcher John Rocker said some non politically correct things a long time ago.

WSS

@browns149 said:

Wasn’t the WNBA team called the Rockers?

Yeah there was. Funny you brought this up this around same time I did.

@gorka said:

There are the Rockies, (named after the Rocky Mountains btw}, so why not the Rockers?

The Cleveland Rockers is a name I can get used to.

The world knows that Rock 'N Roll and the Hall of Fame is all about Cleveland.

I just realized that Rockers was the name of the now defunct girls pro team. But so what.

@gorka said:

There are the Rockies, (named after the Rocky Mountains btw}, so why not the Rockers?

The Cleveland Rockers is a name I can get used to.

The world knows that Rock 'N Roll and the Hall of Fame is all about Cleveland.

Wasn’t the WNBA team called the Rockers?

The Cleveland Rockers is a name I can get used to.

The world knows that Rock 'N Roll and the Hall of Fame is all about Cleveland.

@vaportrail said:

But they were literally the worst baseball team in history.

Familiar ground in Cleveland. 

@gorka said:

You can argue that if the reason  behind a name is not obvious, then the name is stupid.

Browns, Steelers, no explanation needed. Ravens, Edgar Alan Poe from Baltimore , wrote "The Raven".

Houstons importance in the space program is why they are called the Astros.

Cowboys, Texans, Mavericks, well duh.

49'ers well duh.

Eagles, Philly- the birthplace of our country, the Eagle it's symbol.

Some teams are named simply named to reflect powerful or majestic animals, Bears, Tigers, Lions, Bengals. And a Ram will knock you into next week.  Animal names are high school.

Some teams named after animals native to their areas...Devil Rays, Dolphins, Seahawks, Diamondbacks (also the baseball field is known as a diamond]

Some teams are simply named  to reflect fearless or brave men,  Vikings, Indians, Raiders, Pirates, Braves, Cavaliers. Thats high school.

The Lakers were originally from Minnesota "The Land of 10,000 lakes".

Reds, Red Sox..simply the color reflected in their uniforms.

Washington Capitols, well duh.

The Jets play near LaGuardia Airport.

Who the fuck could deduce from "Guardians" that Cleveland has two traffic guardian statues carved on a bridge?

What a stupid name.

Great post. I don't hate the name Guardians I hate the reason for changing it. Also don't forget that Paul Browns Bengals named reflect is Massillon Tigers. And New York likes to rhyme their home teams, Nets Jets, Mets. Part of the equipment used in basketball Jets as in West Side Story and the metropolitans.

Maybe Guardians are those who guard a tiny fraction of the population from ever hearing their name spoken aloud again in order to make stupid white billionaires feel like they are doing something good for the world.

Waiting for these woke assholes to change it to the "I" word.

WSS

Browns, Steelers, no explanation needed. Ravens, Edgar Alan Poe from Baltimore , wrote "The Raven".

Houstons importance in the space program is why they are called the Astros.

Cowboys, Texans, Mavericks, well duh.

49'ers well duh.

Eagles, Philly- the birthplace of our country, the Eagle it's symbol.

Some teams are named simply named to reflect powerful or majestic animals, Bears, Tigers, Lions, Bengals. And a Ram will knock you into next week.  Animal names are high school.

Some teams named after animals native to their areas...Devil Rays, Dolphins, Seahawks, Diamondbacks (also the baseball field is known as a diamond]

Some teams are simply named  to reflect fearless or brave men,  Vikings, Indians, Raiders, Pirates, Braves, Cavaliers. Thats high school.

The Lakers were originally from Minnesota "The Land of 10,000 lakes".

Reds, Red Sox..simply the color reflected in their uniforms.

Washington Capitols, well duh.

The Jets play near LaGuardia Airport.

Who the fuck could deduce from "Guardians" that Cleveland has two traffic guardian statues carved on a bridge?

What a stupid name.

@the-cysko-kid said:

I would have much preferred the spiders. 

But they were literally the worst baseball team in history.

We saw about 160 buffalo around our car, within six feet of it a few times.....

I don't believe the bison would mind and sue the cleveland team.....

@vaportrail said:

At least it's not the Spiders.

I would have much preferred the spiders. 

Most likely a handsome cash settlement.

https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2021/10/cleveland-guardians-roller-derby-team-sues-baseball-club-over-name-change.html

@diehardbrownsfan said:

Security Guards everywhere will protest.

Or maybe they'll love ️ it..........or maybe ? not.  Another social media protest !!!

......hey Vambo does your keypad smoke when you're done here ?    

BTW I hate the name.

It is the color of perceived racial discrimination.

Yea, we all know they were named after Paul Brown, but since when has that mattered too these lunatics ?

Probably further down their list, but they've already got the Redskins.

@diehardbrownsfan said:

Don't forget Cuyahoga County, and river, and National Park.

Not to mention Lake ERIE

@diehardbrownsfan said:

Don't forget Cuyahoga County, and river, and National Park.

Add the state to our West will have to be called Guardiana.

WSS

@westside-steve said:

I don't think anybody on this board seriously supports the idea that we should have changed the name of the Cleveland Indians but let's say somebody here does oh, and isn't just being an a******..

For you guys, don't you think it's about time we changed the names of the Tuscarawas or Cuyahoga Rivers? How about the name of the city Sandusky? Or Ottawa County? And what will we change Lake Mohawk to? It never ends, like the outrage of democrats. ???

WSS

Don't forget Cuyahoga County, and river, and National Park.