- Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland´s Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians
- The ballclub announced the name change Friday with a video on Twitter narrated by actor Tom Hanks
- It ended months of internal discussions triggered by a national reckoning by institutions and teams to permanently drop logos and names considered racist
- Last month, Washington Football Team – formerly known as the ‘Redskins’ – shot down ‘Warriors’ as a potential new nickname for the NFL club
Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians.
The ballclub announced the name change Friday with a video on Twitter narrated by actor Tom Hanks, ending months of internal discussions triggered by a national reckoning by institutions and teams to permanently drop logos and names considered racist.
The choice of Guardians will undoubtedly be criticized by many of the club’s die-hard fans.
The organization spent most of the past year whittling down a list of potential names that was at nearly 1,200 just over a month ago. But the process quickly accelerated and the club landed on Guardians.