Cleveland's Major League Baseball franchise announced Friday its new nickname will be the Guardians.
In addition to announcing the new moniker, Cleveland unveiled the new logo it will wear going forward once the name change is completed.
After years of criticism and backlash, including protestors setting up outside of Progressive Field, to using the previous name, the club issued a statement in December 2020 announcing it was beginning the process of dropping it from its title.
Cleveland owner Paul Dolan told MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince that the team would continue to use the old nickname through the 2021 season and the "earliest" a new one would be implemented is 2022.