Late Sunday, news broke that will bring a smile to anyone who has felt the Cleveland monicker was dated and offensive:
EXCLUSIVE: For the past 105 years, the team was called the Indians. That will be no more as Cleveland has decided to change its name. Announcement from team could come as early as this week. w/@DavidWaldstein https://t.co/Nnw2nAoKcJ
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) December 14, 2020
Most of us have a deep-seated disgust for the Cleveland Baseball Team to begin with, on principle. But unlike the Tigers or Royals or Twins or even Cubs, the disgust didn’t have to spread to the logo on the cap or team nickname in the scorebook.