OT: Cleveland _____________________ Name That Team

[Apollo]

Sorry, but the name Steamers opens the door for lots of bad images of steaming piles of "you know what" when the team is losing! Any reference to Native Americans is a non-starter. Animals, on the other hand are not controversial. Ohio's most poisonous snake is the Copperhead...and Ohio's native big cat is the Bobcat.....while Ohio's State Animal is the Whitetail Deer! The male deer has huge antlers. Antlers can be a cool logo. Male deer are called Stags or Bucks, but the OSU Buckeyes are often called the Bucks--so perhaps it's too familiar--or confusing---even though the Buckeye is a tree!.
So let's go with the...... Cleveland Stags.

Spot on. You should google “Cleveland Steamer” if you aren’t familiar yet.

 

[my2cents]

Cleveland Cowboys

 

[mauconnfan]

Chiefs!

Right Chief?

 

[Chin Diesel]

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Spot on. You should google “Cleveland Steamer” if you aren’t familiar yet.

Sometimes it's okay to let a joke go on without letting everyone else in on the joke.

Surprisingly durable thread with some good (and bad) entries, especially when it could have been over & out after the punchline.



Brown Chests

I'm just as amazed as you are. I thought this had a 60-90 minute life cycle and it would be killed. How this has survived for over a day, and even more miraculously, stayed somewhat on topic, AND hasn't spun in to a COVID thread, gives me hope for humanity.

 

[Yardigan]

Williams goes 2 1/3 and has left a bit of a mess, with a Steamer on every base....

 

[prankster]

Cuyahoga Flames

 

[QDOG5]

I think The Cleveland Grays will be suggested. They might not want a military reference after dropping the Indians but the Grays are a big part of Cleveland history.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Cleveland Steamers.

That sounds filthy.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Since Cleveland was started as a Connecticut Yankee real estate deal
Yankee would be appropriate
However since a Team from a city without any real Yankee linage appropriated the name we will have to go with something else.
So maybe the Nutmeggers .
However both Yankee an Nutmeg are pejoratives so someone might get upset.

 

[Huskygamble19]

Cleveland Petunias

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Coming Soon In the Sports Cultural War:

In Virginia and most of the south they are offended by the term Yankees. Therefore the new name of the Bronx baseball team should be.......................

It's been a while since I lived in the South but don't you have this backwards? I was pretty regularly called a yankee by southerners as a term of derision. I don't know why they'd be offended by a word used to describe northerners.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Cleveland Grovers

 

[HuskyHawk]

Cleveland had a Negro League team called the Cleveland Buckeyes. I’m not sure how that plays with Ohio State fans, but it should be considered. Aside from the I like Rocks beat.

 

[Adios]

Ohio State will cry over the Buckeyes. The Spiders would be awesome and the University of Richmond can be paid off for any copyright infringement.

 

[glastonbury50]

The cleveland indigenous non gender conformists.

 

[jibsey]

Cleveland Rock Stars

 

[Son of Robert]

Cleveland Arrows

 

[MexicoHusky]

Tough to say. Maybe one the new guys next year. But we've had players that take off once they are forced to run the show. AJ Price comes to mind. Marcus Williams maybe... sorta.

I'm not betting that Gafney or Cole turn into one of those guys. But I'll bet on a guard. Their roles are just so primary to not become the stars.

Id also word it this way. If a guard isn't the best player or the 2nd best player we won't be very good.

 

[hamster]

The Cleveland "No not our Indians the other Indians". They can have a cute little Ghandi on their caps

 

[uconnbill]

how about the Lonesome losers sorta fits the city

 

[CL82]

I think that Cleveland Grovers is a great idea. I mean who could that possibly offend?

“Uh excuse me but Grover is offended...”

 

[CL82]

Love the song, hate the reality.

Much like the river fire I would not want to associate a team name with a failure.

You need something uplifting and strong.

The Fitz was steaming towards Cleveland because it's a port city.

Cleveland Steamers is a great name.

And there’s already an emoji that they could probably use for a mascot.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Tough to say. Maybe one the new guys next year. But we've had players that take off once they are forced to run the show. AJ Price comes to mind. Marcus Williams maybe... sorta.

I'm not betting that Gafney or Cole turn into one of those guys. But I'll bet on a guard. Their roles are just so primary to not become the stars.

Id also word it this way. If a guard isn't the best player or the 2nd best player we won't be very good.

That's a really long team name.

 

[Kolumbo]

Cleveland Erie
Cleveland Eerie
Cleveland Eary

Cleveland Coasters

 

[MexicoHusky]

That's a really long team name.

I think I messed up

 

[NorwalkHusky]

How about the Edmund Fitzgeralds

I feel like I gotta chime in here, cause that is practically my name and my girlfriend is from there. A few years ago her parents actually got me An Edmund Fitzgerald Great Lakes Brewery T Shirt and the beer... it was ok. I'm just not that into Porters.

Actual Name Possibilities

Cleveland Spiders: Name history
Cleveland Guardians: Something about a Bridge we walked over once
Cleveland Naps: Again history
Cleveland Moon Dogs: Wild Card (Apparently this was the guy who coined the term Rock N Roll) Also the name of the Cavs Mascot. To me this would be their version of the Yard Goats haha

 

[Chin Diesel]

I think I messed up

The Cleveland I Think I Messed Ups???

Has an interesting ring to it.

 

[NEforceUConn]

Cleveland Jocks

 

[uconnfan68]

The Cleveland "No not our Indians the other Indians". They can have a cute little Ghandi on their caps

Ghandibots? Isn't that taken too?

 

[Martin]

Cleveland Forest its known at the Forest City.
Cleveland Rails for the railroads
Cleveland Tribes
Cleveland Die Hards
Cleveland Machine