Anyway, I'm trying to think of who comes out ahead on this. The heretofore-Indians organization benefits because they get to sell a lot of new merchandise. Communications and graphic design firms benefit because they get to handle a Major League Baseball team in a major market, which doesn't come along every year. Upper-middle-class liberals benefit because they can either buy Cleveland-team stuff they were too sensitive to buy before, or will buy it as non-fans to signal their endorsement of someone else's team killing off a tasteless name. So far, nothing for actual Indians -- seems like if we're not thinking about them as sports mascots, we're not thinking about them at all.

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They get a casino on the right field concourse

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I saw something about Cleveland Citizens being a possibility?

Please no.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Cleveland Barons
Cleveland Express
Cleveland Steamers
Cleveland Rockers
Cleveland Freedom

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

It's Cleveland, who cares???

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.