~2021 MLB Thread~

[FearlessF]

the Cleveland Rocks


https://youtu.be/oKDjis1fg8E

[Brutus Buckeye]

What replacement nickname do you favor for the Cleveland Baseball Team?

The Cleveland Steamers. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

the Cleveland Rocks


https://youtu.be/oKDjis1fg8E

My HS was the Rocks. 

Technically they were the Shamrocks, but if you used the full name you'd be promptly corrected that "Rocks" was in fact the preferred nomenclature. 

[FearlessF]

no one ever says, "Kick him in the shamrocks"

[Brutus Buckeye]

The strangest part was that they used a three leafed clover instead of the more common (mascot-wise) four leafed clover. 

I have found clovers with up to seven leaves before. I found a five leafed clover about a month ago. 

[OrangeAfroMan]

Cleveland LeBrons

[Brutus Buckeye]

Yes, it is quite likely that they will replace a fictional person from a somewhat protected class with an actual person from an ultra protected class.

[OrangeAfroMan]

'Indians' isn't a person.
LeBron is a person.  And it's assuming he'd approve.
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You know....consent.
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'Indians' is also a misnomer and is endlessly stupid.  Like the Utah Jazz or LA Lakers, but more so.  

[Brutus Buckeye]

The Lakers and Jazz moved from one city where their name made perfect sense to another city where it didn't, which isn't the case at all with the Indians. 

The name referenced the nickname "Indians" that was applied to the Cleveland Spiders baseball club during the time when Louis Sockalexis, a Native American, played in Cleveland (1897–99).

[Hawkinole]

I used to think the Indians would go back in their history and return to being the "Naps." How about, the "Rock 'n Rollers?" "There is local hx with "Steamers," and I like that name, too.

If I owned the Cleveland Ball Club, having made the decision to change the name I would gather together five or six names suggested by fans, which would probably not be based on the most popularly suggested names, but the nicknames I liked and could tolerate.

I would set up an election with actual ticket buying fans as voters placing their ballots in a bin at the stadium (how is that idea for promoting ticket sales?). If there was no a majority winner I'd take the top two and run a second election to get a majority vote.  I'd run the first election after the 2021 All Star break to season-end. If a second election were needed, I would run it in 2022 from opening day to some time before the All Star break.

At a Mid-Season 2022 game I would announce the winner pregame and also rewire the uniforms on a Sunday game, or maybe a July 4 holiday game. I would debut the uniforms only when the team runs onto the field for the start of the game.

[ELA]

This Tigers-Brewers game is the problem with the Major League game today. Aside from one bases clearing double, it has simply been a parade of solo home runs and strikeouts.

[OrangeAfroMan]

The Lakers and Jazz moved from one city where their name made perfect sense to another city where it didn't, which isn't the case at all with the Indians.

The name referenced the nickname "Indians" that was applied to the Cleveland Spiders baseball club during the time when Louis Sockalexis, a Native American, played in Cleveland (1897–99).

My point was that none of the names are correctly location-specific.  Indians live in Asia.

[OrangeAfroMan]

This Tigers-Brewers game is the problem with the Major League game today. Aside from one bases clearing double, it has simply been a parade of solo home runs and strikeouts.

I honestly predict that if baseball exists in 50 years, it'll be a 9 inning game of HR derby, except the pitcher will be trying to get the batter out.  All non-HRs are outs.  A game will last under an hour.  

[FearlessF]

honestly?

I watched the Angel's game last night.  Crushed the Giants