Cleveland Indians -> Cleveland Guardians

mods I am nominating this for the MVP post of 2021

Honestly read that as "Cleveland Sausages" for a moment there.

They'd pair well with the Brewers.

Not so fast.

Interesting that the MLB team filed the trademark application in Mauritius.

Good, if only because 1) MLB is huge, and shouldn't be allowed to roll over people, and 2) Guardians is a weird name.

It sounds weird now, but we'll all get used to it. Trying to get fans to stop doing the chop is well intended but futile. Besides, American Indians themselves are not of one mind on this issue. Some hate the nickname, some don't give a shit and others don't like it and some feel like there are more important things to worry about. I hope anyone looking for a team nickname has the good sense to avoid one with any such baggage. Even working with a tribe isn't good enough. Florida State has had a working relationship with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The school and the tribe still get pushback. Of course, the Seminoles have so damn much money from helping white people indulge their taste for gambling and cigarettes (somehow that seems appropriate) that I doubt if they give a shit. There's also the historical fact that the Semin.oles of Florida never signed a treaty and they take a lot of pride in that. There's a statue on the Florida State campus of a Seminole on horseback carrying a flaming spear that has the legend "Unconquered" on the base. If FSU was starting from scratch, I wouldn't choose "Seminoles" for a nickname, but anyone outside the Seminole tribe who is outraged is being presumptuous. Oh and one final irony, the students of FSU voted for "Seminoles" as the nickname over....wait for it...."Crackers". Yes things can always get worse.

I think the team should've taken a page from computer science and gone with Endians.