Cleveland – President Donald Trump wants the Washington football franchise and the Cleveland baseball team to return to their old names.
Trump said on Sunday on his social site of truth that “the Washington” “everything there is” should immediately change their name in the Washington Redskins football team. There is a big claim for this. Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a legendary past. Our great Indians, in massive numbers, want this to happen now. A country of passion and common sense.
Josh Harris, whose group bought the commanders of the former owner Dan Snyder in 2023, said earlier this year that the name was there to stay. Shortly after taking over, Harris appeased speculations on the return in the name of the old name, saying that this would not happen.
Guardians president of baseball operations, Chris Antonetti, said on Sunday’s match against athletics before which he did not plan to review the name change.
“We understand that there are different prospects on the decision we made a few years ago, but this is obviously a decision that we have made. We have the opportunity to build a brand as Guardians in the last four years and we are delighted with the future before us,” he said.
The two teams have their current names since the 2022 seasons. Washington abandoned Redskins after the 2019 season and was known as the Washington football team for two years before moving to the commanders.
Cleveland announced in December 2020 that he would drop the Indians. He announced the passage to the Guardians in July 2021. In 2018, the team deleted “Chef Wahoo” as the main logo.
The name changes had their share of supporters and criticisms in the context of national discussions on the institutions and teams that abandoned the logos and names considered to be racist.
The Guardians are the fifth name of the Cleveland baseball franchise. He joined the American League in 1901 as one of the eight charter franchises under the name of Blues. He went to the bronchos a year later and used naps from 1903 to 1914 before moving to the Indians in 1915.
Washington started in Boston as Redskins in 1933 before moving to the national capital four years later.
Washington and Cleveland share something else in common. David Blitzer is a member of the Harris ownership group in commanders and has a minority participation in The Guardians.
