It goes into effect next season.
USA Today (“ Cleveland’s baseball team announces it’s changi ng nickname to the Guardians”): Cleveland’s baseball team is changing its nickname to the Guardians, the team announced Friday. The team announced last year that it would change its name amid controversy from Native American groups and Major League Baseball. The franchise has used the “Indians” since the 1915 season. The Guardians refer to the statues along the Hope Memorial Bridge that crosses the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland and is meant to symbolize progress.
