BimboColesHair
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If they completely abandon the chief (I hope not), they need to bring back the 70s crooked C logo and those uniforms.
Give up the name and bring back Cleveland's real name imo
Would love if they went to the Spiders, but they were the city's expansion NL team. The Indians are one of the charter franchises in the AL, so you would have to go back the the Blues if you want this franchises actual first name.
Good thing I bought a Wahoo hat two years ago. The people who want Chief Wahoo gone aren't even Native Americans, they're people who think Natives want him gone.
Even if they went back to the original name of the NL team it would still be Blues though they were Spiders when they entered the NL (The name Forest City was used instead of Cleveland, it wasn't the Cleveland Forest Citys, it was simply the Forest City club of whatever year)
Except for, y'know, the Native Americans who want him gone and are at the home opener EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...f-wahoo-logo-at-cleveland-indians-home-opener
"A survey conducted in 2002 by The Harris Poll for Sports Illustrated (SI) found that 81 percent of Native Americans who live outside traditional Indian reservations and 53 percent of Indians on reservations did not find the images discriminatory. The authors of the article concluded that "Although most Native American activists and tribal leaders consider Indian team names and mascots offensive, neither Native Americans in general nor a cross section of U.S. sports fans agree. "Except for, y'know, the Native Americans who want him gone and are at the home opener EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...f-wahoo-logo-at-cleveland-indians-home-opener
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Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan learned painful lessons from signings of Swisher, Bourn -- Terry Pluto
http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2016/04/cleveland_indians_owner_paul_d_6.html
So he learned his lesson but promoted those responsible?
So he learned his lesson but promoted those responsible?
Sometimes people become so insistent on telling people what they should be offended by that they themselves become offended by it.Good thing I bought a Wahoo hat two years ago. The people who want Chief Wahoo gone aren't even Native Americans, they're people who think Natives want him gone.
Make no mistake, fans like you were responsible for those signings.