So, apparently, the "Cleveland Baseball Team" and the "Washington FootBall Team" are both in need of new names/mascots. I doubt they will, but clearly they should "ask GRM". Just so we're prepared, I thought we should have a suggestion thread ready to go.
I'll start. Based solely and entirely on it's storied history as a Great Lakes port, I believe the "Cleveland Baseball Team" should be renamed "The Steamers".
BTW- for the "Washington Football Team", please follow the house rules re: political posts. Besides, that's just too easy . . .
The Cleveland Rocks. Drew Carey is the mascot.
For Washington:
kazoospec said:
I'll start. Based solely and entirely on it's storied history as a Great Lakes port, I believe the "Cleveland Baseball Team" should be renamed "The Steamers".
The Cleveland football team is already named the "Browns" so... seems fitting.
For Cleveland, the Oranges and have them wear a brown helmet. Lakers, and see if LeBron comes back, again. Or the Steamers.
For Washington, the answer is in calling the location The District instead of Washington. District Commanders or District Sentinels sounds way more imposing then any name starting with Washington.
I have greater hope that Cleveland comes up with a better name, as the last time Washington renamed a team it brought us the Wizards.
Paying homage to the Great Lake waterfront, the shipping port that is the Cuyahoga River as well as manufacturing and the shipping that happens because of it, I recommend...
The Cleveland Steamers
The mascot would be The Deuce wearing a jersey bearing the number 2.
Could also adopt the horrible colors of Brown and Orange like the football team.
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) said:
For Cleveland, the Oranges and have them wear a brown helmet. Lakers, and see if LeBron comes back, again. Or the Steamers.
For Washington, the answer is in calling the location The District instead of Washington. District Commanders or District Sentinels sounds way more imposing then any name starting with Washington.
I have greater hope that Cleveland comes up with a better name, as the last time Washington renamed a team it brought us the Wizards.
District 11 hunger gamers?
Teamy McTeamface?
Sell a stadium deal and be the Capitol Ones?
If you want to truly strike fear into other players and owners you should be the Washington IRS agents. Edit, the auditors.
Edit edit, the Washington REGULATORS!
I reject the premise.
You name your sports team after something you respect and admire. We should not change them.
We have more important things to address.
Cleveland Dawgs, from the Dawg Pound.
Get your mascot from the city animal shelter.
Cheap.
Problem solved.
How about the Cleveland River Fires? After the river that catches on fire, obviously.
Washington Red Tapes? (Beauacracy, red tape, get it?)
Cleveland Moseses, after the founder of the town, Moses Cleaveland. Or the Cleveland Dropped A's, after the A that they removed from the town name to fit it on the newspaper's masthead.
Washington Watergates.
Combine two other Cleveland team names and make the Cleveland Brown Cavaliers. Their mascot:
Washington Seahawks, just to confuse people. Or Washington Seattles.
If they temporarily change their name to the Cleveland Baseball Team, I will buy a jersey. They’ll probably come up with a permanent name before the season begins, though.
Foggy Bottom Swamp Creatures
Cleveland Sixes (they are called the 6th largest city in the US)
In reply to slowbird :
The river hardly ever catches fire anymore.
I've got a basketball shirt that I never wear in public that has a logo for the New York Jews.
I really like Washington Red Tapes.
It's hard to come up with a name that doesn't sound like a AA team trying to get fans to the game.
Based on the local animals to NE Ohio, the only one that has any majesty is the Eagle- as I doubt they would want to be called the skunks or raccoons. Steamers is ok.
Could be called the Generals, since the city was founded by General Moses Cleaveland (yea, someone did drop an a apparently).
Washington or DC history... no idea.
One thing that ties both Cleveland and DC to history is the War of 1812- both were part of that.
jgrewe
Reader
12/16/20 5:14 p.m.
Cleveland Rockers could work as well as Rocks, or maybe the Mayflies. Those berkeleyers are a menace for a while each summer. Washington should have kept the name and just put a potato on their helmets.
In reply to jgrewe :
I've seen/heard worse. Someone's already created the logo.
Edit: Probably should drop the feathers, though.
Edit/Edit: Maybe substitute bacon?
Just give Cleveland all gray uniforms, a gray square for a logo, and call them the Cleveland Meh's
For Washington, give them an outhouse logo and call them the Washington Sh*tholes.
How long until the Atlanta Braves are forced to change? Or the Kansas City Chiefs? It's just dominos at this point.
I read something about a guy buying up all the potential domain names for the Washington Football team. I thought that was hilarious.
The Cleveland Browns were called the Bulldogs at one point in time. I don't know why they would go away from that but that seems like as good of name as any for the baseball team.
For Washington, they might as well go completely new. Kinda like the Oilers becoming the Titans.
In reply to captdownshift (Forum Supporter) :
Wolverine is one of the most badass Marvel characters. Don't put the Cleveland curse on him.
