The Cleveland Indians have been using the team name change for over a century

The Cleveland Major League Baseball team has decided to change its nickname, which is considered insensitive to the tribal people, away from the Indian monarch who has served for more than 100 years. David Waltstein and Michael S. According to Schmidt New York Times. Jim Bowden of CBS Sports Headquarters has confirmed Cleveland’s plans. An announcement from the team may come soon this week Times.

To the report of Cleveland.com, The club plans to use the name and uniform of Indians for the 2021 MLP season Before changing names in 2022. Another option is to go the way of Washington’s ownership of the National Football League, It dropped its own offensive nickname in July. The club later became known as the Washington Football Team. Cleveland will be called the Cleveland Baseball Team until a new nickname is resolved.

The end of Cleveland It has been more than two years since it began to distance itself from the “Chief Wahoo” logo. In July, when the Washington football team announced its changed identity, Cleveland announced that it was investigating the “best way forward” in the name of the team. Following that, our Dan Berry Offered several alternative options, Including the ever-popular “Spiders”, “Rockers”, “Crows” and “Topis” named after Larry Toby, Hall of Famer, who was the first black player in the American League.

Cleveland’s ownership has three other identities during its existence: the Knops (after Knop Lazoi), the Broncos and the Blues. Of those, the only name that lasted beyond a season was Knobs.

Although Cleveland appears to be moving towards a name change, there are no signs of that Atlanta Braves Will follow it. Braves has faced increasing research in recent years to promote the “Tomahawk chop” gesture. The Braves were said to be thinking about supporting their gesture in the summer.