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Cleveland's baseball team goes from Indians to Guardians

Terry Francona
Terry Francona
Posted at 5:17 PM, Jul 23, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-23 18:17:58-04

CLEVELAND (AP) - Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians.

The ball club announced the name change on Twitter, ending months of internal discussions triggered by a national reckoning by institutions and teams to permanently drop logos and names considered racist.

The choice of Guardians will undoubtedly be criticized by many of the club’s die-hard fans.

The organization spent most of the past year whittling down a list of potential names that was at nearly 1,200 just over a month ago. But the process quickly accelerated.

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