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Cleveland Indians Defined
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since they have played in Progressive Field (formerly Jacobs Field). The team's spring training facility is in Winter Haven, Florida, but will move to Goodyear, Arizona in 2009. Since their establishment in 1901, the Indians have won two World Series championships, the first in 1920 and the second in 1948.
The "Indians" name originates from a request by the club owner to decide a new name, following the 1914 season. In reference to th...
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- Dodgers acquire Casey Blake from Indians
- Shapiro said the Indians are assuming a sizable portion of what remains of Blake's salary this season. The GM said Cleveland will pursue Blake in the ...
- Indians activate Carmona
- Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - The Cleveland Indians activated pitcher Fausto Carmona from the 15-day disabled list on Saturday. ...
- Indians try to top Twins again at Progressive Field
- (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Twins will try to bring their recent skid to a halt when they take on the Cleveland Indians tonight in the second game of a ...
- Lee wins league-leading 14th as Indians hold on to beat Twins
- Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - Cliff Lee struck out 10 batters in eight innings as the Cleveland Indians hung on for a 5-4 victory in the three-game ...
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About Chief Wahoo . . .
The Chief Wahoo logo does not now, nor was it ever designed to imply disrespect toward anyone or anything. To many Cleveland Indians Fans, Chief Wahoo is a symbol of bravery, courage, and tribal team spirit.
Below is Wikipedia's definition of Chief Wahoo.
Chief Wahoo is a trademarked mascot for the Cleveland Indians baseball team. The illustration is a Native American cartoon caricature. The mascot has been accused of reinforcing negative stereotypes about Native Americans, similar to previously discarded mascots like Chief Illiniwek and honorifics like Chief Bender. The expression "Wahoo," as a loud yell, can be interpreted in various ways.
The character's initial incarnation made its first appearance as a shoulder patch on Cleveland uniforms in 1947.
Although the club had adopted the name "Indians" starting with the 1915 season, there was no acknowledgment of this nickname on their uniforms until 1928. Prior to that, the uniforms contained variations on a stylized "C" or the word "CLEVELAND", just as they had from the club's beginning in 1901. For 1928, the club's home uniform bore a patch on the left breast, a drawing of an Indian, in profile, and in full headdress. A smaller version of that same patch migrated to the home uniform sleeve the next year and remained through 1938. For 1939 the club wore the Baseball Centennial patch on the sleeve. Various other patches were worn for the next few years, none of them featuring Indians. In 1946, both the home and road shirts featured a City of Cleveland Sesquicentennial patch. In 1947, home and road uniforms began featuring the first incarnation of Chief Wahoo, replacing the old profile with a three-quarters face style. A newer style of Chief Wahoo replaced that one on the uniform shirt sleeve starting in 1951. That style has remained the model for Chief Wahoo to this day.
Protests against the use of the Chief Wahoo character greeted the opening of Jacobs Field in 1994. While the Cleveland police arrested the protesters for aggravated arson, such charges were eventually dropped. The protesters, led by Vernon Bellecourt, sued the city for violating their free speech rights. The protesters' lawsuit was dismissed by the Ohio State Supreme Court in 2004.
The mascot continues to draw protests from some members of Native American tribes and the NAACP and is opposed by the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights.
According to polling results published in Sports Illustrated, "Although most Native American activists and tribal leaders consider Indian team names and mascots offensive, neither Native Americans in general nor a cross section of U.S. sports fans agree."S.L. Price & Andrea Woo, "The Indian Wars", Sports Illustrated, March 4, 2002, pp 66-71 According to the article, "There is a near total disconnect between Indian activists and the Native American population on this issue."
Chief Wahoo remains a prominent trademark for the Cleveland Indians, appearing on game-use uniform, caps and merchandise. During the 2007 post-season both TBS and Fox Sports used it as the logo on the stats line for Cleveland's ballplayers while the Christian Science Monitor ran an editorial deploring its continued use. Most major television and news networks continue to use the logo on their respective Indians' team page.
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- The Cleveland Indians traded Casey Blake to the Los Angeles Dodgers...The Indians picked up catcher prospect Carlos Santana and Triple-A pitcher Jon Meloan from the Dodgers on Saturday in exchange for veteran third baseman Casey Blake. ...
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