Cleveland Guardians
The Cleveland Indians are changing the team's name to the Cleveland Guardians.
The team announced its name change in a video narrated by Tom Hanks posted to Twitter on Friday.
Guardians references well-known Art Deco statues on Cleveland's Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, which are known as they "Guardians of Traffic."
"We are loyal and proud and resilient," Hanks said in the announcement video. "We protect what we've earned and always defend it. Together we stand with all who understand what it means to be born and built from the Land."
The new name will be implemented in the 2022 season, MLB.com reported.
-Cleveland Indians (@Indians) July 23, 2021
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