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The Cleveland "Guardians" - BostonCard - 07-23-2021

[tweet]https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1418574083634171907?s=20[/tweet]

BC

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - lex24 - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 08:27 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  [tweet]https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1418574083634171907?s=20[/tweet]

BC

Should have been the “Rockers”.

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - BostonCard - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 08:31 AM)lex24 Wrote:  Should have been the “Rockers”.

Confusion with the "Rockies"?

BC

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - 82lsju - 07-23-2021

they should just license "Guardians of the Galaxy"

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - French Rage - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 08:31 AM)lex24 Wrote:  

(07-23-2021, 08:27 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  [tweet]https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1418574083634171907?s=20[/tweet]

BC

Should have been the “Rockers”.

Naps.

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - ColoradoTree - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 08:32 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  

(07-23-2021, 08:31 AM)lex24 Wrote:  Should have been the “Rockers”.

Confusion with the "Rockies"?

BC

If Reds and Red Sox can coexist, then surely Rockers and Rockies can. Spiders would've been great. 

But ultimately, it's somewhat anodyne. At first, it felt like it was the name for a Cleveland team in a knockoff video game that couldn't get officially licensed by MLB. It could have been better. It could have been (and certainly was) worse. In a year or two, it'll roll off the tongue and feel totally normal. The local bridge angle isn't bad, even though naming yourself after statues called the Guardians of Traffic is certainly a choice. 

Come to think of it, most baseball team names aren't great in and of themselves, but merely old and thus nostalgia-provoking.

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - BostonCard - 07-23-2021

I mean, but for nostalgia, no one would never name a team "Red Sox" now.

I too thought of Guardians of the Galaxy, and then thought of the last team to be named after something in a movie, the Toronto Raptors.  I actually think that Raptors worked well; not sure how Guardians will feel, but I guess it was named after statues in a bridge, not a movie franchise.

BC

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - terry - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 09:07 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  I too thought of Guardians of the Galaxy, and then thought of the last team to be named after something in a movie, the Toronto Raptors.  

Don't forget the Seattle Kraken!

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - BostonCard - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 10:39 AM)terry Wrote:  

(07-23-2021, 09:07 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  I too thought of Guardians of the Galaxy, and then thought of the last team to be named after something in a movie, the Toronto Raptors.  

Don't forget the Seattle Kraken!

Named after the mythical creature, its portrayal in the Pirates of the Caribbean or the Clash of the Titans, or the ill-fated election-related lawsuit?

BC

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - bl82 - 07-23-2021

Why the...
Spinal Tappers
Wild Things

I fear my cultural reference maybe lost on their evolving target markets, but still, why not make it fun?

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - chrisk - 07-23-2021

Direct link to Tom Hanks hype video

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Indians/status/1418565355472101378[/tweet]

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - BostonCard - 07-23-2021

[tweet]https://twitter.com/restocarp/status/1418583085734629380?s=20[/tweet]

The Stanford Towers?
The Stanford Quads?
The Stanford Churches?

I think I would go with
The Stanford Dishes!

BC

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - chrisk - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 11:29 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  [tweet]https://twitter.com/restocarp/status/1418583085734629380?s=20[/tweet]

The Stanford Towers?
The Stanford Quads?
The Stanford Churches?

I think I would go with
The Stanford Dishes!

BC

At the time Stanford changed names, Griffins got strong consideration.

https://news.stanford.edu/2018/06/27/stanford-griffins-return-public-view/

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - BobK - 07-23-2021

I have always thought Trees best

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - Goose - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 11:29 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  [tweet]https://twitter.com/restocarp/status/1418583085734629380?s=20[/tweet]

The Stanford Towers?
The Stanford Quads?
The Stanford Churches?

I think I would go with
The Stanford Dishes!

BC

Stanford Accelerators

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - vataha - 07-23-2021

Steaming Manhole Covers.

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - 82lsju - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 11:38 AM)Goose Wrote:  

(07-23-2021, 11:29 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  [tweet]https://twitter.com/restocarp/status/1418583085734629380?s=20[/tweet]

The Stanford Towers?
The Stanford Quads?
The Stanford Churches?

I think I would go with
The Stanford Dishes!

BC

Stanford Accelerators

"the SLACers"

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - jonnyss - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 12:18 PM)82lsju Wrote:  

(07-23-2021, 11:38 AM)Goose Wrote:  

(07-23-2021, 11:29 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  [tweet]https://twitter.com/restocarp/status/1418583085734629380?s=20[/tweet]

The Stanford Towers?
The Stanford Quads?
The Stanford Churches?

I think I would go with
The Stanford Dishes!

BC

Stanford Accelerators

"the SLACers"

i love "the slac-ers!"  

for san francisco, the "golden gaters" makes me smile. 

and, if we can go back to animals, the stanford "unicorns," for its financial start-up double meaning.

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - dabigv13 - 07-23-2021

It's a pretty dumb name but the winged G baseball logo is slick. Naming a baseball team after some statues, meh, but my general principle is the more art deco the better, so I might just have to buy a hat.

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RE: The Cleveland "Guardians" - BostonCard - 07-23-2021

(07-23-2021, 12:32 PM)dabigv13 Wrote:  It's a pretty dumb name but the winged G baseball logo is slick. Naming a baseball team after some statues, meh, but my general principle is the more art deco the better, so I might just have to buy a hat.

Well, there is the old winged A's logo...



BC

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