Ted Cruz takes a swing at the Cleveland MLB team . . . and strikes out

[AverageOldGuy]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-cleveland-baseball-team-name-change_n_60fbb745e4b06e84e31d08a5

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined the right-wing freakout over the Cleveland baseball team’s decision to change its name from the Cleveland Indians to the Cleveland Guardians, and Twitter called foul.

The Cleveland OH MLB team has changed their name to "Guardians." Cruz immediately asked -- in a Tweet -- "Why does MLB hate Indians?"

He was buried in scorn . . . I don't know how to post tweets, so, go to the cited article to see.

Meanwhile, I'm wondering why Cruz wants to be called "Ted" and not by his given name of "Rafael"? Is it because he knows Texas Republicans will not vote for someone named "Rafael"?

[underpants]

1. That was the best take Ted could come up with to be different than all the other RW whiners?

To actually totally miss the point.

[maxrandb]

2. And here I thought MLB hated Cleveland for the 5 cent hotdog and beer night

Has to be some reason why I can be a lifelong Cleveland fan and have to watch game 1 of a World Series where Cliff Lee and C.C. Sabathia were the starting pitchers...

Neither of them were wearing the Uniform of the team they came into the league with

For decades, teams like Cleveland were nothing but farm clubs for big market teams

[Sibelius Fan]

5. That's not how it works.

Teams with bad records get the early draft picks. They pick the top prospects, like a CC. Later - as the team continues to struggle - those top picks get traded away as one of the few bargaining chips available to the team.

And Cleveland has been doing great as of late. They were AL Champs in 1995, 1997 and 2016. That’s a better result than many other AL teams can boast.

[Sibelius Fan]

3. I hear the Astros are changing their name to the Houston Stealers.

[awesomerwb1]

6. Lol. Did they decide not to go

with Houston Cheaters?

[FSogol]

7. Houston Trash-cans.

Bang, bang!

[Sibelius Fan]

11. I was playing off the Pittsburgh Steelers.

[TxGuitar]

12. When the Yankees, Red Sox and Dodgers

Do the same, we can consider it.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. well whah

[Grins]

8. Good question!

Why doesn’t “Ted” go by given name of "Rafael"?
Someone should ask him.


(Answer: The imbeciles and bigots that make up “the base”would call him a “beaner.” And he knows it!

[TheFarseer]

9. Guardians doesn't sound right

for a baseball team. That sounds like a hockey team of an arena football team. Should have brought back the Spiders or Blues.

[Paladin]

10. Not your team, not your state, not your concern...Rafael. (nt)