Indians no more

The Cleveland Spiders is a no-brainer. Make it so!

As for Atlanta, I don't suppose they could go back to the team of my daddy's youth there?

 

You want the crowd chanting, "Fuck you Jobu!" ??

 

They'll have to change a few of the verses but I think Ian would be fine with that.

 

No, "Up your butt, Jobu!"

 

When I covered the '81 All-Star Game, I stayed in a hotel called Swingos. The Cleveland Swingos.

 

That's not a huge surprise, mostly because I believe the team would have been on the hook to Nike et al. for all of the unsold merchandise and/or the development and approval process for a new logo/uniforms/brand identity could never be completed in three months. If anything, what Dan Snyder did is the exception to the rule both because of how quickly it happened (whoever's idea it was to do helmet numbers deserves a promotion) and the fact that Snyder didn't do the asshole thing and slow-play it to death.

 

Cleveland Lou Browns? Replace Chief Wahoo with

 

Cleveland City of Light, City of Magic

 

How about "Cleveland Rockers" (in homage to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)?

 

If they had been pro-active 10 years ago, they could’ve become the Tribe. They dragged their feet and now they can’t do that.