Many people were supportive of the news on Friday of the Indians having meetings to possibly change the name of the franchise. All weekend different names were proposed all over social media, some good and some downright awful. Odds are now officially out on what the name of the new team might be if there is a name change, with the nickname "Spiders" having the highest odds right now.
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00:00 I'm Matt Lodi with Cleveland Baseball Insider here on SI.com. It's been the
00:05 hot-button topic issue all weekend long and now here into the new week in
00:08 Cleveland. That being should the Cleveland Indians be forced to change
00:11 their name? Players on Monday were asked about the topic and most of them took
00:15 the high road saying that if it helps out society and enhances things here in
00:19 Cleveland they should go ahead and do so. Now there are odds out on if the
00:23 Indians should change their nickname and if they do what the new nickname would
00:27 be. The one number one on the list is Spiders a team that was in Cleveland
00:30 from 1887 to 1899. Also even the Dobies named after one-time Cleveland Indian
00:36 Larry Dobie is on the list. Guardians Rock Rockers who is the nickname of the
00:42 WNBA team here in Cleveland for some time is also on the list. What will
00:46 eventually happen with the situation is anybody's guess but again the fact that
00:50 meetings are being held and there are exploring options tells everybody that
00:54 eventually the nickname Indians is probably going to be gone. At Progressive
00:58 Field I'm Matt Lodi for Cleveland Baseball Insider on SI.com