Cleveland Indians to become the Guardians

[IU Hawks fan]

Apparently they were really attached to "..dians" or something.

 

[MXD]

Bring back the Naps.

 

[The Burdened]

I don't mind the name, honestly.
I'm fine with the wordmark; althought I don't care for the stand alone "C" it looks vanilla.

the logo looks like a dollar store version of the old Anaheim Angels logo from the 90's

 

[Tuggy]

Can't say I'm a fan of the name or the logo to be honest.

There were better choices.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Like the name hate the logo.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Not awful. Smart to make the word logo and new letter resemble the older versions.

Feel like they could have done better tho

 

[Dr Pepper]

Oddly enough, I have the exact opposite reaction. I don't care for the name (it's clearly an attempt to change as little as possible; the entire "dians" section of the wordmark is exactly the same), but the Winged G logo isn't bad. Someone pointed out that the Gs are positioned like a curveball grip, and while the positioning looks more like a splitter or forkball to me, that came across as pretty cool. I just wish they'd have gone back into Cleveland baseball history more, and gone with Spiders, Blues, or Naps. (I'm a fan of naming teams for famous players; I want Atlanta to consider renaming the team the Hammers, too.)

It looks......clipart-ish, or something you'd see designed in MS Paint.

Not fitting of a major league team, IMO.

But maybe it'll grow on me over time, who knows.

 

[Datsyukian Deke]

Insanity apparently knows no bounds these days.

 

[DougieSmash]

Cartoonish logo... I like it but doesn't exactly scream MLB.

Lame name. Not a fan of Spiders but much better for sure.

 

[Muston Atthews]

 

[Troy McClure]

Apparently they were really attached to "..dians" or something.

It is interesting to wonder if they love the idea of both words being so similar that they could keep using essentially the same look as in the past.

 

[Lou is God]

This name might have worked if Cleveland had a team in the old USFL. Should have been Spiders.

 

[Troy McClure]

They are also playing up the statues you see on the bridge that takes you across the Cuyahoga River to the ballpark.

 

[Lou is God]

Cleveland Rockers would have worked too.

 

[Richard]

How about Cleveland Sucks

 

[Richard]

It was past time to make the change, but Guardians is a bit cringe. They left a lot of better names on the table.

Why was it past time to make the change? It's utterly stupid.

Redskins was grossly offensive.

Indians? Come on. It's utterly ridiculous.

Better change the Fighting Irish, Highlanders, Vikings, Celtics, Knicks, Yankees, Canucks, Canadiens, etc....

Gotta change em all now. No ethnicity allowed.

Bunch of sweet shit this nonsense has become

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Guardians seems like a lame ass amateur team name. Brutal.

 

[5 Minute Major]

Yay for cancel culture! smdh

 

[TheTotalPackage]

There was probably a high paid focus group that spent endless hours deliberating over names and somehow thought it was a good idea to come up with this.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Why was it past time to make the change? It's utterly stupid.

Redskins was grossly offensive.

Indians? Come on. It's utterly ridiculous.

Better change the Fighting Irish, Highlanders, Vikings, Celtics, Knicks, Yankees, Canucks, Canadiens, etc....

Gotta change em all now. No ethnicity allowed.

Bunch of sweet shit this nonsense has become

Their mascot was ****ing Chief Wahoo.

There’s no way you can walk that back to “we’re trying to honor your culture”. It was blatant racial caricature. Come on now.

 

[Richard]

Their mascot was ****ing Chief Wahoo.

There’s no way you can walk that back to “we’re trying to honor your culture”. It was blatant racial caricature. Come on now.

And they got rid of it. Ta - da problem solved.

Also this logo needs removed:

and this one:

And this one:

 

[Hasbro]

Something in Cleveland Sucks?!

 

[Hasbro]

Their mascot was ****ing Chief Wahoo.

There’s no way you can walk that back to “we’re trying to honor your culture”. It was blatant racial caricature. Come on now.

On top of it the name may have come from mockery of Lou Sockalexis rather than a tribute.

 

[Pink Mist]

Name is inoffensive so already better than their former name, but surely they could have picked something a lot better than Guardians.

 

[John Price]

Name is inoffensive so already better than their former name, but surely they could have picked something a lot better than Guardians.