I will state upfront I have been an Indians fan my whole life.
My issue on all of this, is teams caving in to the small vocal groups on stuff like this. I would be willing to bet pretty much anything, none of those complaining have ever spent a dollar going to games or supporting the team in any way. Now you cave to their demands and those people still arent going to go or support the teams. At that same time you have alienated a ton of your fanbase by telling them the gear, collectables, etc they have spent a life time collecting is now to racist. I have been taking my kids to games for years, hell had my son's third birthday at an Indians game, Slider brought him a signed birthday card and took a picture with him. Then proceeded to take him up to to meet the infamous drum guy (John Adams) in the bleachers. John let him hit his drum and took a picture with him sitting on his drum. I am not saying by any means that if stuff is truly offensive that it shouldnt be changed, but in this case that had interviewed the local Cleveland tribes (which got a little cash yearly from the club) if the name offended them in any way and they always responded they could care less. Unfortunately I know a significant number of fans that have stated that they wont spend all the money driving to and going to games for a club that didnt ask for fan feedback on something they have invested their whole lives in. At some point the woke stuff has to stop and give way to common sense.
