Cleveland announces new team name

[Pugger]

I thought the Spiders thing had legs.

 

 

Gee, I thought that was kinda funny and cute...but I'm one of those that love puns.

[homer]

I thought Timberwolves, Raptors, Diamondbacks, Marlins, and Wizards were all dumb. You get used to it.

 

A wolf, a dinosaur, a rattlesnake, a fish with a spear on it, and a mythical character that can cast spells - all pretty cool on their own merit.

 

Statues on a man-made bridge serving as traffic cops, not so much in my book

 

A dinosaur named after a popular movie.

[homer]

I thought Timberwolves, Raptors, Diamondbacks, Marlins, and Wizards were all dumb. You get used to it.

 

A wolf, a dinosaur, a rattlesnake, a fish with a spear on it, and a mythical character that can cast spells - all pretty cool on their own merit.

 

Statues on a man-made bridge serving as traffic cops, not so much in my book

 

A dinosaur from a movie and a fish are not cool.

 

I assume you don't like Dodgers? Those were just people trying not to get hit by trolley cars. How about White Sox, Red Sox? Those are articles of clothing.

[SeaBass]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Milwaukee Bronze Fonzies.

 

[MrTPlush]

I thought Timberwolves, Raptors, Diamondbacks, Marlins, and Wizards were all dumb. You get used to it.

 

A wolf, a dinosaur, a rattlesnake, a fish with a spear on it, and a mythical character that can cast spells - all pretty cool on their own merit.

 

Statues on a man-made bridge serving as traffic cops, not so much in my book

 

A dinosaur from a movie and a fish are not cool.

 

I assume you don't like Dodgers? Those were just people trying not to get hit by trolley cars. How about White Sox, Red Sox? Those are articles of clothing.

 

I am not sure comparing classic names that are from the 1800s and the expectation to creating a name in the year 2021 are even remotely comparable.

 

If they created this name in the 1800s it wouldn't be a problem. Using an 1800s mindset to create a name in 2021 is not effective imo.

[Eye Black]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Milwaukee Bronze Fonzies.

 

A little long, how about just going with Bronzies?

[xisxisxis]

Well exit velocity is the new rage in baseball so the logo fits in perfectly.

 

I don't know of anything that goes with BABIP...

 

Cleveland Flaming Lake? Too 80's?

[homer]

 

I am not sure comparing classic names that are from the 1800s and the expectation to creating a name in the year 2021 are even remotely comparable.

 

If they created this name in the 1800s it wouldn't be a problem. Using an 1800s mindset to create a name in 2021 is not effective imo.

 

My whole argument is that I didn't like a lot of the modern names at first but you get used to them.

[homer]

Well exit velocity is the new rage in baseball so the logo fits in perfectly.

 

I don't know of anything that goes with BABIP...

 

Cleveland Flaming Lake? Too 80's?

 

The Cleveland At Least We're Not Detroiters

[Fear The Chorizo]

I thought Timberwolves, Raptors, Diamondbacks, Marlins, and Wizards were all dumb. You get used to it.

 

A wolf, a dinosaur, a rattlesnake, a fish with a spear on it, and a mythical character that can cast spells - all pretty cool on their own merit.

 

Statues on a man-made bridge serving as traffic cops, not so much in my book

 

A dinosaur from a movie and a fish are not cool.

 

I assume you don't like Dodgers? Those were just people trying not to get hit by trolley cars. How about White Sox, Red Sox? Those are articles of clothing.

 

A movie was made about recreating dinosaurs because dinosaurs are indeed cool.

 

Have you ever caught a marlin? well, I already know the answer to that if you don't think they are cool.

 

And forgive me for not being upset about baseball teams' original names/mascots not being trendy or cool when they are 100+ years old - white sox and red sox were part of their uniforms, and at the time the Dodgers' team name was derived, automobiles weren't yet invented and trolley cars were pretty damn interesting compared to a horse and buggy in a city street.

 

Agree to disagree - and BTW I definitely think Spiders would've been a much better option for Cleveland, too.

[TheEndless7]

Pretty indifferent on it.

 

Thought Spiders or Rockers would have been better options. Rockers is probably too close to Rockies though.

[sveumrules]

Cleveland Rocks would have been way cooler. Could have, like, a baseball made out of rock logo & then a guitar logo. One mascot could be Shredder who goes around shredding tasty licks all over the ballpark & the other could be Rocky, who is a statue or something? I don't know.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Sometimes the obvious choice is the right choice but you can count on an ad agency to mess it up by trying to re-invent the wheel. Spiders are cool and the majority of people have liked it. You could done have some cool play on webbing of the glove or something. There's always the contrarian that says it's dumb, or that the barley M was better than the ball and glove. But sometimes doing the corny thing and just taking what's been put in front of you is the right call.

 

This is a stupid name and a stupid logo. Everyone adjusts given time. But that logo in particular is dreadful.

[homer]

 

Agree to disagree - and BTW I definitely think Spiders would've been a much better option for Cleveland, too.

 

Agreed

[xisxisxis]

Bats are cool. Perfect for baseball.

 

How many Pirates ever made it to Pittsburgh or were they predicting DVD/media "Pirates"? Phillies? Metropolitans? Lakers? Boaters? Paddlers? Nuggets? Miners? Forty-Niners? The idea that the WFT may keep the WFT isn't any worse than a lot of the current nicknames. Fighting Irish? Sounds better if you weren't a possession of the Crowns for hundreds of years.

 

Nets? Backboards? Rims? Your Washington Rims are seeking hard working people to fill multiple positions, check the Rims jobs listing at our website. Naw, Wizards is better.

[markedman5]

The relevance of Guardians to Cleveland appears to be their “Guardians of Traffic” statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge. I wonder what the baseball team will become known as guardians of? Maybe Guardians of the Diamond, or Guardians of the Cuyahoga?

 

Cards should have changed their name to the Guardians.......since they are clearly the guardians of the unwritten rules of baseball!

[Underachiever]

The relevance of Guardians to Cleveland appears to be their “Guardians of Traffic” statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge. I wonder what the baseball team will become known as guardians of? Maybe Guardians of the Diamond, or Guardians of the Cuyahoga?

 

Cards should have changed their name to the Guardians.......since they are clearly the guardians of the unwritten rules of baseball!

Cardians? St. Louis Cardigans has a nice ring to it. Mascot can be your great-grandpa talking about how much better baseball was back in the day.

[Lathund]

Eh I'm OK with the name, even if it is a bit generic-sounding. So many team names sound "good" simply because we're used to them really. A few years from now I don't think anyone will think the Guardians are any different from any other name.

[NievesNoNO]

Meh, I also liked Spiders. As, others have said "you get used to it" My first thought was they just wanted to save the money by only knocking out 2 letters and adding to their current signage.

[mtrebs]

I think the new name is awful. Sounds like an arena league name. I would have like “Cleveland Baseball Team” better.

[timpep]

I might be one of the only ones, but I think the new logo is pretty cool and I like the name Guardians.

[JCREW]

My frustration is that it is tied to SUCH a specific thing. They are kind of stuck with some sort of tie-back to art deco styling. Don't get me wrong, I love art deco, but to have that design constraint and then also have the same colors as before... those limitations just seem like a recipe for a meh logo/uniform set.

 

Maybe in a few years when the name stands on its own as the name of the team, it'll be easier to walk away from that styling. Who knows?

 

Spiders would have been great, IMHO.

[patrickgpe]

I think the new name is awful. Sounds like an arena league name. I would have like “Cleveland Baseball Team” better.

NY Guardians were an XFL team, so like almost the same thing.

[JET15]

I used to think the Wild was a bad name, but it's grown on me along with the logo. Now it seems as natural as the North Stars did.

 

Speaking of hockey, it can't be long until the Blackhawks change their name. I'm putting my money on the Hawks. They're already telegraphed it with their mascot. It's not an Indian, it's a black hawk. They're walking slowly towards this move and letting it grow on the fans, I think.

 

[patrickgpe]

won't they run into copyright issues with Atlanta Hawks? The WFT and the CBT said they ran into copyright issues with most of the ideas they wanted.