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(Bloomberg) Major League Baseballâs Cleveland Indians will be known as the Cleveland Guardians beginning in 2022, after saying last year that the team would review the name itâs had for more than a century.
(Bloomberg) Major League Baseballâs Cleveland Indians will be known as the Cleveland Guardians beginning in 2022, after saying last year that the team would review the name itâs had for more than a century.
The team announced the name change in a video posted Friday morning. It also has a new logo: a winged baseball adorned with the letter G.
New York Times: Cleveland Indians to change team name after 105 years
Tribe Time is over Cleveland Indians Progressive Field (Source: WOIO) By Rachel Vadaj and Mark Schwab | December 13, 2020 at 7:35 PM CST - Updated December 14 at 1:17 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland’s Major League baseball team will no longer be the “Indians,” according to the New York Times.
The decision to drop the name the team has had since 1915 came down on Sunday in the midst of social justice movements to stop sports teams from using Native American-themed elements for their mascots.
The team already began phasing out Chief Wahoo before the 2019 season, moving to the block C logo for all uniforms and imagery.