Blackout Friday Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) This is their new name. Seems odd, but maybe there’s a history or reference I’m not aware of. Edited July 23, 2021 by Blackout Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 It's a reference to the Guardians of Traffic statues in Cleveland. Dropped the ball not being the Spiders, but Guardians isn't a bad name. https://photos.clevescene.com/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-guardians-of-traffic-statues-since-you-might-be-rooting-for-the-guardians-soon/?slide=1&press-bridgestonecutters_544d1a5741 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Friday Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Just now, Quin said: It's a reference to the Guardians of Traffic statues in Cleveland. Dropped the ball not being the Spiders, but Guardians isn't a bad name. https://photos.clevescene.com/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-guardians-of-traffic-statues-since-you-might-be-rooting-for-the-guardians-soon/?slide=1&press-bridgestonecutters_544d1a5741 Gotcha, thanks for the info. Spiders would have been my choice also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Rooting for the Spiders... Leave it to Cleveland to even drop the symbolic ball when it mattered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marqhead Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Money saver, they can replace "In" with "Guar" on everything and call it a day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Should've been the Spiders but its fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EloyJenkins Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Guardians of a middling payroll. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EloyJenkins Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Marqhead said: Money saver, they can replace "In" with "Guar" on everything and call it a day. yeah, they literally didn't change the font. unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOFHurt35 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Don't love it, but pretty much anything is an improvement over what it was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Oof. Guardians sounds like a fictional baseball team in a movie not about baseball. Gotham City Guardians. I mean, there was an XFL team named Guardians and that's sort of a fiction football league not about football. I would have gone Spiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Suck it Guardians! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I am not surprised they didn’t change the colors and I don’t think they should have. I like that it’s city related, and happy Cleveland made the switch. Great job, hope the Sox beat the guardians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said: yeah, they literally didn't change the font. unreal. Yeah, the font sucks. They really shouldn't have gotten a new font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Yeah that feels generic even in a sport full of generic-sounding names. but whatever, I root against the team so I don’t need to like it haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 41 minutes ago, Quin said: It's a reference to the Guardians of Traffic statues in Cleveland. Dropped the ball not being the Spiders, but Guardians isn't a bad name. https://photos.clevescene.com/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-guardians-of-traffic-statues-since-you-might-be-rooting-for-the-guardians-soon/?slide=1&press-bridgestonecutters_544d1a5741 Lmao it's fucking awful I would be so embarrassed. This reeks of a PR internal discussion of "what is the opposite of offensive? pick that." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35thstreetswarm Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) Huge whiff -- they had the chance to have the coolest name in MLB (Spiders) with limitless branding opportunities. This is at best boring, and has the added detriment of echoing the unveiling of the "Guardians" name for space force, which was pretty roundly mocked. Oh well, not my team and I guess I don't have to be jealous that a division rival gets a cool new name. Edited July 23, 2021 by 35thstreetswarm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I'm surprised they didn't pick something a little more fun and marketable. What the hell can you do with Guardians? And yeah, change the font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I will say, having been through a renaming process in the minors, it’s really, really difficult to get it right. It seems like it shouldn’t be, but there’s always a major constituency somewhere that passionately disagrees with whatever your consensus is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPR Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) I live by the west coast now and here’s an example why. Horrible name choice. Typical overweight, midwest, slow to move decision. They should of chosen spiders Edited July 23, 2021 by JPR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EloyJenkins Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 fun fact, our agency got asked if we wanted to help with the rebrand...but we have never done a sports team before, so we declined. Maybe should have if it was going to be this lazy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Sounds AA as all hell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said: I will say, having been through a renaming process in the minors, it’s really, really difficult to get it right. It seems like it shouldn’t be, but there’s always a major constituency somewhere that passionately disagrees with whatever your consensus is. I get this, I just think going back to Spiders would have had a pretty positive reception overall. This is honestly a weird and seemingly penny pinching change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiddleCoastBias Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 The more I read about the Cleveland identity thing with the wings on the G logo and everything tying into the statutes that are a staple in the city, the more I can come around on it. I think it's dumb and sounds like a soccer team. But Cleveland people seem to really like it and have that civic pride as it fits with their identity, and that's all that really matters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said: I get this, I just think going back to Spiders would have had a pretty positive reception overall. This is honestly a weird and seemingly penny pinching change I don’t think it was cheap or lazy I just think they tried way to hard to not rock the boat by going with a similar sounding name and not changing the look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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