At the doctor's today had a conversation with the nurse

[Tribetime]

I wore a Cleveland Indians sweatshirt little chilly out and the nurse said I can't believe they're changing the name to the Guardians they should have left it the Indians because they were honoring a player for the Indians who was Indian. I wanted to say something but I didn't want to get into an argument I just can't believe the stupidity

[Skittles]

1. always say something

silence = agreement

[Tribetime]

3. Maybe I should have but it didn't seem like the right setting

[Skittles]

5. call it out regardless

I would have said, for example, "I am surprised you are able to dress yourself".

[Tribetime]

6. 👍

[Demovictory9]

7. ..

[Skittles]

8. I have actually said that before

but usually to those I have zero interest in speaking with again

[roamer65]

2. They needed to change it, but the new name is awful.

They should have named them Cleveland Rocks.

A play on the old Drew Carey thing.

[Tribetime]

4. I always thought the tribe was good

[brush]

9. I like the Tribe, too. Guardians is just horrible.

After all the time it took and they come up with that. Sad.

[Withywindle]

10. There's actually a good locally based reason for that

It's after historic Art Deco statues on a major bridge in the city

https://www.wtol.com/article/sports/baseball/cleveland-guardians-nickname-indians-change-team-name/512-c5ebba6e-3b8c-4d20-9469-794b45b5d136

"The Guardians nickname refers to statues just outside the stadium on the Hope Memorial Bridge. The 43-foot "Guardians of Traffic" have stood for nearly 100 years and are meant to symbolize progress and transportation.

The four pylons contain one guardian facing each direction for a total of eight designs. No two are the same.

According to Cleveland Scene, there's a stagecoach, covered wagon, hay rack, early 20th century car and four trucks representing the evolution of transportation. They were nearly torn down in the 1970s when the county engineer wanted to add more lanes to the bridge."

At the link, there are pictures and video, it's actually really cool.

[brush]

13. It's still a horrible name for a sports team. I don't care what...

the history of the bridge is. Just horrible. And I've been a fan for decades through all the close call World Series just misses.

[Withywindle]

11. Deep dive reveals

That whole routine was based on a song written by a British guy in 1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Rocks

Ian Hunter was the lead singer of Mott the Hoople. Yes, "All the Young Dudes," that's him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hunter_(singer)

Considering the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame is there now, Cleveland Rocks would be a good baseball team name. Guardians is fine too.

[luvs2sing]

12. I know a lot of Cleveland fans..

who are very socially conscious and believed that story for a long time. Hubster was one of them. That’s what he was told growing up, and he carried that until just a few years ago.

I’m not a Clevelander, and I wasn’t even a baseball fan till 1994, so I don’t have that history. I managed to straighten him out with that, and he agrees with the need to change the name.

However, we both think Guardians is a stupid name.