Henry Payne for December 18, 2020

I’m FIRST and without any hesitation, I can say quite emphatically that I have absolutely NO COMMENT!

Isn’t he off the rubber? BALK!

“It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.” -Charles Darwin, excerpted from “On the Origin of the Species”

Mr. Payne, with this cartoon you do not appear to be adapting well to changes in society.

Cleveland should copy the creativity of that NFL team in DC – their new name should be “The Cleveland Baseball Team”…

Payne would much prefer the team be called “The Cleveland Racist Misogynists”.

This just in-

Jared Kushner helped create a Trump campaign shell company that secretly paid the president’s family members and spent $617 million in reelection cash, a source tells Insider (businessinsider.com)

I’m shocked!

- Reminder that the defense bill Trump wants to veto for ridiculous public reasons also contains a crackdown on the use of shell companies to launder money.

Payne…meh.

In five years everyone will be used to the new name, whatever it is, and in a generation only old cranks will pine for the name “Indians.”

Call them the Cleveland Baseball Tribe — Tribe for short. Which is, I seem to recall, how many refer to them.

Tribe: noun

any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, a community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.: the twelve tribes of Israel.

a local division of an aboriginal people: the tribes of Africa.

a division of some other people or nation.

a company, group, or number of people.

a group or class of people with strong common traits, values, or interests:

The Edmonton team in the CFL is calling itself the Edmonton Football Team or EE Football Team as well. Long history and such. They might just stick with Edmonton EEs. I like Oil Kings but they would have to redesign logos and such.

It’s kinda long and silly. But then people who think baseball is important are already kinda silly (my own opinion only)… unless they’re owners of course, or have a lucrative contract. How about taking a leaf from Washington DC and calling them the Cleveland Baseball Team 

There’s no truth to the rumor that Trump suggested “The Indian Givers”.

Who cares?

Apppropriators

This is breaking tradition; American sports teams have always been named after terrifying wild beasts: Tigers, Lions, Rams, Indians….

My understanding is that the Cleveland Indians got that name because they had the Native American major leaguer, Louis Sockalexis. If I’m wrong, correct me. Other wise, have a nice day folks.

This feels different; I am tempted to like a Payne comic.

No matter what they pick, in this day and age, someone will be offended. Good luck Cleveland.

Here’s a thought experiment: Imagine the reaction to renaming the team to the “Cleveland Crackers” – ostensibly onomatopoetic after the sound the bat makes when it strikes the ball. I don’t imagine that would go over so well. I don’t imagine that Payne would much like it. And to be honest, I don’t think I would care for it very much either.

Only one person to blame for that “name”: Henry Payne.