Cleveland Baseball Team Changes Their Name to the Guardians | CBS Sports HQ 

People who wanted the name "Indians" removed weren't even Baseball fans in the first place. Why listen to them?!

it kills me about this that those same people protesting and bitching and crying do not even watch baseball or the sports and the owners are letting these people just run things their way. I'm with racism being against it but you got to be kidding me history is stamped no matter what

Cleveland used to be called the mistake by the lake. Now they’ll be referred to as the joke that went woke.

So he said ignore the people on social media that don’t like the name change, what about the people on social media that complained at the very start of this?

R.I.P Cleveland Indians 🌷😔

I’ll call them the Cleveland “I’ll Find A New Team To Root For”

Should have been the Cleveland Wokians.

Chief Wahoo puts a curse on Cleveland from his exile on the reservation.

Keep the Indians name but change logo to a 7-11 owner

My Yankees should consider changing to the NY Underachievers.

Freakin’ unbelievable. Sports teams have stopped caring about their fans and are showing they care more about corporate sponsors and woke people who have never watched a game in their life. Disgrace.

Just makes my decision to ignore MLB that much easier……

Pedro Cerrano gonna pray to Jobu when he finds out about this

I really don't care about the name change or even what it was changed to. But the winged G logo is just stupid.

This is truly a mistake by the lake.

A ridiculous decision by a weak owner

Another "curse" put on Cleveland.

To me they will always be the COMEDIANS

That’s it MLB, push fans away even more.

Guardians of what , empty seats ?

Vikings? Pirates? Buccaneers? Raiders? Reds? Padres? Saints? All could be offensive to someone.

Now there's no pro sport worth watching other than Hockey

Should have called themselves The Cleveland Rocks.

Taking away the name “Indians” just seems a little racist. 🤔

Look what happened to the USA Soccer team after they took the knee. They lost. If you partner with evil - then well, there are consequences.

As someone who identifies as a guardian. I'm greatly and deeply offended that you would appropriate my culture like that. My culture is not your mascot

The athletics are offensive to people who aren’t athletic

What's This... Scandinavian People Are Upset And Demanding Minnesota Vikings Change Their Name...

Cleveland Indians fans should be more concerned with the imbalances of team salaries given that the Indians cannot keep and/or acquire premium free agents. It would have been more appropriate to change the name just a little and call the team the Cleveland Indigents.

should name them Cleveland Cowboys

Sounds like an XFL team

They all trying to explain how this is a good idea 🤣

The USA is going a little overboard with PC and needs to recognize the importance of picking and choosing its battles more carefully.There are bigger fish to fry.

The real Guardians said it’s racist and want this to stop immediately!!!

The most pressing issue we need to find out is where is Jobu, is he safe?

You’re next Cleveland Browns

Should have been named the Rockers, after the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Should of been changed to the CLEVELAND STEAMERS

That logo looks like it was made with clipart

Forgive me if I am wrong. This team like Washington held a strong name for a strong people . The American Indian people[like all people ] should be celebrated . The team names celebrated the strength of such people .

What a relief. I thought the new name would be stupid.

Another victory of the cancel culture mob

They should have went with "baseball team that plays in Cleveland ".

Introducing the new Cleveland Steamers! 💩This is so reflective of Cleveland's roots!💩

I bet the "Braves" will never change their name though!

Still calling them the Indians.

"In theory be offensive", such a ridiculous world we are in.

While we're at it let's just name every team baseball or football team. Unbelievable.

It won't be long,and The Browns will have to change their name to a more inclusive non offending color,like Blue or Yellow, or a Rainbow!,That's it,instead of the Browns, Cleveland can be the Rainbows!!!

Wow...that's an odd name for a sports team. It doesn't sound "sporty" at all...

Braves, Chiefs, and any college team will be next

What a joke!!! I hope: 1)People stop going to games and support other sports/leagues. 2)People do NOT buy anything that has that name. 3)People wear more often Cleveland Indians stuff.

Here comes the Spiders! And there it goes.

Indians. Referring to people from India. European explorers thought they reached India when they travelled the globe.

im done with baseball !!!!!

The Dolans did not come up with "Guardians" there was a letter writing campaign to take suggestions from the community where they got like 11,000 suggestions. The most popular was "The Guardians" named after the Art Deco statues.

Insanity, pure and simple-that’s all this is!

They named their team after a bridge lmaooooooooo

Utah Utes, Florida State Seminoles, Chicago Blackhawks, & Kansas City Chiefs needs to change their name too. Let's just leave Atlanta Braves that way!

I wish they would’ve been Cleveland baseball team that would’ve been better if they had to change their name … fucking guardians ridiculous.

That's really explainable!

RIP MLB

New team name: Cleveland Extortion Victims.

Horrible all around!!!, MLB should be more embarrassed by this new logo and name more than INDIANS!!! SOMEONE GOT PAID FOR THESE DESIGNS!?!?! WTF??

Wow he dropped a lot of gems on how to ignore hate and perseverance. Didn’t expect that thank you.

the name should be The Cleveland River Fires with lots of flames on the uniform.

When the Cleveland Naps changed their name to the Indians in 1915, the franchise reportedly did so to honor Sockalexis.[11] The Indians' official media guide says that the owners solicited sportswriters to ask fans for their favorite nickname, and the name Indians was chosen by a young girl who wrote to one of the sportswriters whose column requested suggestions. She specifically mentioned Sockalexis and his heritage. The attribution of the new name as being in honor of Sockalexis, a member of the Penobscot Tribe of Maine, is generally discredited given the discriminatory treatment of Native Americans in general, and Sockalexis in particular during that era.[12] The news stories published to announce the selection in 1915 make no mention of Sockalexis.

I wanted the Cleveland baseball team

David Samson is a fool. He is too sensitive.

I’m 6’9, and I’m extremely offended by the sf and ny giants. I demand a name change! If you disagree, you are racist.

Tell me you didn't pay attention to a situation for months then we're asked to speak on it, without actually telling me that. This dude has no clue what the organization did in the process to change its name and has no idea about the meaning behind the new name

Die hard CLEVELAND INDIANS fan for over 40 years. I've been to hundreds of games at Jacob's Field When they announced the name was being changed I walked away. Haven't watched or paid any attention to that team. It's a sad day when the obnoxious minority push their views on everyone else. This is the end of baseball in Cleveland. Shut the park down and leave. Done

Guardians is way better than spiders

I think the Cleveland Steamers is the perfect, most apt name, although walking through Cleveland without some sort of guardian is insane..

The Cleveland Spiders would have been MUCH better if you ask me

As a Cleveland resident and long-time fan…..bye bye! I’m tired of all this political correctness in society…now it’s infiltrated itself into the sport and team I love. Enough already. They can kiss my a$$. I’m done with baseball. And pro football as well (thank you Washington Redskins)

Guardians of the Galaxies will be in the headlines

They should of held a vote with all natives to see if they wanted these names to change. It's mostly people who aren't even native complaining about stuff they don't even watch or tune in to. Shame we are going down this road

I liked Rockstars personally

They should be the Cleveland Bend the knees! What a bunch of wussies, another victim of cancel culture. 😂😂

Washington Turkeys is a Perfect name 👌

Our generation is a disgrace the people need to just go back in side and leave us normal people alone

I mean the spiders would have been a better name. There is history and there is no controversy.

Feel whatever which way you want about why they changed the name, but at least they changed it to something pretty sweet that's tied to the history of Cleveland!

Well it looks like I'm a pirates fan now.

Why not the Cleveland Savages? lol

Laugh out loud embarrassing.

Harry Doyle: "...and that play could be a finalist in the Trojan-Enz Boner of the Week Award."

Gotta LOVE the fact that they didn't bother changing their Twitter handle when making their boneheaded decision...

lets see if this new name works? The Cleveland Guardians blow another lead and lose for the 10th time in a row and its another season without a world series. yea it works!

THE CLEVELAND CLOWNS 🤡

I’m. From Cleveland…was always an Indians fan. Too bad they don’t exist anymore. Bye-bye. Switching my allegiance. This crap is total crap.

Have been following MLB since 1968. Have never heard a real sports fan ever comment on the Indians or any francizes name. This a movement by people who could careless about baseball. To me they will always be the Indians.

Absolutely will never take my family to a game ever again

Guardians of traffic? Is that not the most depressing name of all time?

The fact we have a Cowboy team and not an Indians team is offense! Does that mean Cowboys are better then the Indians? Double standard.

Please explain to me how "Indians" is offensive.???

Apparently theres a reason the name was chosen. The Guardians of the Hope Memorial Bridge. Anyone actually from Cleveland outraged?

Why can't the Washington Football Team go by their old nickname The Hogs?

For all I care, they could have rebranded themselves the "Cuyahoga Smokies," honoring that hilarious day in 1969 when a filthy Cuyahoga River caught fire. Or, they could have just went with truth in advertising and rechristened the team "Cleveland Sucks."