The Dolan family, who had purchased the team formerly called the Cleveland Indians in 2000, announced that, after decades of protest by Native American groups, the team would use a new name: the Guardians. The name is a nod to the uniting power of the Guardians of Traffic statues that usher cars across the Hope Memorial Bridge from the East Side to the West.
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