The new DPL.

I admit I don't follow baseball nearly as much as I did when I was younger. But - when the MLB team you followed as a kid announces they are considering changing their name after more than 100 years, that tends to get my attention.

It's not my desire or intention discuss whether or not they should change their name from "Indians" to something else. I'm simply looking for what you guys think could be potential new names.

Here's mine: Cleveland sits on the shore of a Great Lake (duh). So I'm thinking something nautical. Perhaps Commodores (or the higher rank of Admiral).

Let the snark begin !!!

 

I like Midges

 

Let's talk some football, shall we? I saw this post and thought to myself... "Hmm. That's wrong."

1. Dak Prescott. Will likely get a Kirk Cousins-esque deal (big-time guarantee over a shorter-term) and likely elsewhere.
2. Deshaun Watson. Absolutely worth a Mahomes deal if he can get Houston to the post-season. Big question here is if his team has his best interests at heart and if he wants to stay there.
3. Lamar Jackson. Absolutely not. Why would anyone give $500 million to a running back? He'll regress to the mean as defenses figure him out (see: Titans, Tennessee).
4. Cam Newton. Nope. He's got 2-4 seasons left at best after the way Carolina used him.
5. Josh Allen. Will be out of the NFL by 2031.
6. Taysom Hill. *sigh* As much grief as I give Jackson for not being a quarterback, Hill is *legitimately* not a quarterback. No one is giving him half a billion (with a B) to play QB.
7. Sam Darnold. (see #6 above)
8. Baker Baker, Touchdown Maker Mayfield. Yes. If Baker wins the Browns a Super Bowl, I'd give him a 1-year, $500 million dollar deal. It's Jimmy's money anyhow.

It's an absurd list, to be sure. In truth, only Prescott, Watson, and Baker have the potential to earn that. The key point is that they'll need to get their teams to a Super Bowl and likely win one in order to have the leverage *AND* at least two of them right now will need to beat Mr. Mahomes in the AFC Championship game to do so.

 

Your starting lineup.

 

Worth noting, this should have said "Super Bowl".

 

I'm hoping, if they are going to change the name, there will be a write-in contest followed by a fan vote. Or hoping at least the owners consider this result.

Other than that, I'm good with your suggestions. And I'll add to that with maybe returning to an old name like the Blues, Spiders or Naps (although not so fond of the Forest Citys)

Or, maybe the consult with Native American tribes and come up with a respectful name.


Or my snarky more than slightly off the wall answer.........The Cleveland Cthulu's

 

@SAS

You forgot The Ohio Players

 

I think Don Imus effectively ruled out "Naps".

 

The Cleveland Monsters is already taken. I like their logo.

 

Logos being used for Admirals....

 

The Vanderbilt Commodores logo isn't bad either

 

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I have decided to withdraw my suggestion of the Cleveland Commodores for the Indians' new team name.

1. It would most likely be associated with Oliver Hazzard Perry. Commodore Perry served during the War of 1812 which means there's a chance he (or his ancestors) owned slaves.
2. Commodore is a fairly high rank in the Navy. As such, it would - no doubt - be aligned with White Privilege. (Admiral would be even worse.)
3. Steeler fans would call them the Cleveland Commodes and, no doubt, would applaud the fact that Cleveland now has the ability to flush the NFL turds. No need to make it that easy for the toothless inbreds.

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Rather . . . I think they should take a page from Cleveland's history and go with "Inferno". After all, we did have a river that caught on fire.

 

Not bad, but to me it sounds more like a MLS team name or a USFL or World League football team name.

 

Chicago Fire is an MLS team - named because their city burnt to the ground.

Rhine Fire, of NFL Europe, had the name first though.

 

I won't hold my breath on the Cthulu's. I think I've decided I like The Spiders. They were one of baseball's most loser teams ever and today the current roster could give them a winning record and bring the name some respect again (kinda like the 90's re-build did for the Jacob's Era Indians).. I like the Spiders jersey patch I posted a bit ago a lot.

 

Cleveland Conflagrations has a certain ring to it.......just hard to fit on a jersey without a couple of hyphens.

 

Inferno is a better version of "fire".

. . . and, it would fit on a Jersey sans hyphens

 

My Polish heritage from Parma would like to add The Cleveland Kielbasa........

The could serve Polish Boy sandwiches and replace the Hot Dog racers with Kielbasa. And they could have Eckritch night with free sausage to the first 10,000 fans.

Of course, insert your favorite Sausage Fest/Party jokes here ---->