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Related: About this forumCleveland team to be named Guardians
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31868331/cleveland-changing-name-indians-guardians
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Cleveland team to be named Guardians (Original Post)
hauckeye
Jul 2021
OP
Weren't they the Spiders before they were the Indians? I think Spiders is a better name
The Polack MSgt
Jul 2021
#3
Agree 1000. The font is worse than the name; and I don't care for the name.
Capt. America
Jul 2021
#6
luvs2sing
(2,234 posts)1. While I was completely behind a name change..
I think they picked a stupid name. Statues. They named their team after STATUES. Although..I guess it does kind of remind one of their outfield the past few years.
And yes, I am a fan of this team in Cleveland. I just think they screwed this one up. Hubster, who grew up going to baseball games at the old Municipal Stadium, thinks they chose it because it saves the dians from the old Indians..see..we only changed one little syllable..
Harker
(14,951 posts)2. And I thought Seattle Kraken was awful.
It is.
The Polack MSgt
(13,426 posts)3. Weren't they the Spiders before they were the Indians? I think Spiders is a better name
Auggie
(31,803 posts)4. Awful. Everything. The name. Logo. Typeface.
A chiseled typeface does not work in script.
Tell me its a joke.
What a disaster.
?
Capt. America
(2,482 posts)6. Agree 1000. The font is worse than the name; and I don't care for the name.
El Supremo
(20,377 posts)5. Burn On Big River. Burn On!
One of those "things" is right at the start of Major League: