2K24: Cleveland Guardians

[chancellor]

I am Groot.

[Bene Futuis]

Cleveland Spiders would have been cool, although I think that actually was a different franchise. Cleveland Guardians has a lot of historical context to it and to the fans. Decent logo, too. Obviously the name is similar to Indians, too.

[Bene Futuis]

When you really think about it, most MLB teams have either very generic or kind of stupid names.

[Gregg]

Cleveland Spiders would have been cool, although I think that actually was a different franchise. Cleveland Guardians has a lot of historical context to it and to the fans. Decent logo, too. Obviously the name is similar to Indians, too.

How is the name similar to Indians?

[Pauly]

How is the name similar to Indians?

it ends in -dians.

[Kevin Seitzer]

When you really think about it, most MLB teams have either very generic or kind of stupid names.

Possible exceptions...

Meaningful local connection:
Astros
Rangers (if you ignore the racist stuff)
Brewers
Padres
Rockies
Royals
could maybe argue for the Angels or Twins here, but those seem less interesting to me, being more about the city name than any characteristic of the city

Interesting and potentially intimidating animal:
Devil Rays (less so as just the Rays)
Marlins
Diamondbacks

Potentially intimidating but generic animal mascot:
Tigers

The rest of them are a bunch of birds or clothing or less interesting locally connected nicknames (e.g. Nationals, Phillies), etc.

[revo]

Possible exceptions...

Meaningful local connection:
Astros
Rangers (if you ignore the racist stuff)
Brewers
Padres
Rockies
Royals

The "Dodgers" are named for "Trolley Dodgers" because in Brooklyn, many had to dodge trolleys to get safely across the street.

The Twins are named after the twin cities of Minneapolis & St. Paul.

[Sharky]

And even though I hate the Yankees, the name has some historical tie. Hell even my beloved Metropolitans have a tie, even if it’s bland (any large city could have metropolitans).

[madducks]

The Pirates got their name in 1891 by stealing/signing players away from other teams when they were still named the "Alleghenys" and Pittsburgh's North side, where they have always played, was still named Allegheny City.

From Wikipedia:

Before the 1890 season, almost all of the Alleghenys' best players bolted to the Players' League's Pittsburgh Burghers. The Players' League collapsed after the season, and the players were allowed to go back to their old clubs. However, the Alleghenys also scooped up highly regarded second baseman Lou Bierbauer, who had previously played with the AA's Philadelphia Athletics. Although the Athletics had failed to include Bierbauer on their reserve list, they loudly protested the Alleghenys' move. In an official complaint, an AA official claimed the Alleghenys' signing of Bierbauer was "piratical". This incident (discussed at some length in The Beer and Whisky League, by David Nemec, written in 1994) quickly accelerated into a schism between the leagues that contributed to the demise of the A.A. Although the Alleghenys were never found guilty of wrongdoing, they made sport of being denounced for being "piratical" by renaming themselves "the Pirates" for the 1891 season. The nickname was first acknowledged on the team's uniforms in 1912.

[Hornsby]

Alright, much better than I thought at first.

[Bene Futuis]

Stanford used to be the Indians some time back but changed it to the Cardinal. Guess they were ahead of their time.

[chancellor]

I am Groot.

[virgonomic]

Shouldn't it be:

2K21: Cleveland Baseball Team
2K22: Cleveland Guardians

[revo]

Stanford used to be the Indians some time back but changed it to the Cardinal. Guess they were ahead of their time.

Lots of teams started changing their Native American -related names as early as 40 years ago. St John’s changed from Redmen to Red Storm in the early 1990s.

[rhd]

Is the traffic in Cleveland really so bad that it needs guardians?