Cleveland Indians Rolls Out Name Change for First Time in Over 100 Years
The Cleveland Indians baseball team will change its name to the Cleveland Guardians in the next season. The team announced the name change on Friday. The team’s Twitter account posted a video narrated by actor Tom Hanks…
The Cleveland Indians baseball team will change its name to the Cleveland Guardians in the next season.
The team announced the name change on Friday.
The team’s Twitter account posted a video narrated by actor Tom Hanks that shared the news of the change.
“You see, there’s always been a Cleveland — that’s the best part of our name,” Hanks said. “And now it’s time to unite as one family, one community, to build the next era for this team and this city.”
Watch the video below:
https://twitter.com/Indians/status/1418565355472101378
The move comes after the team obtained the name Cleveland Indians in 1915. The change to Cleveland Guardians is the fifth name change.
Team owner and chairman Paul Dolan said in a press release, “We are excited to usher in the next era of the deep history of baseball in Cleveland.”
He continued, “Cleveland has and always will be the most important part of our identity. Therefore, we wanted a name that strongly represents the pride, resiliency and loyalty of Clevelanders.”
Dolan went on to offer insight into the decision to how the new name was chosen: