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Lookups spiked 6,300% on July 23, 2021
Guardian was among our top lookups on July 23rd, 2021, after Cleveland's baseball team announced that this would be its new name.
The Major League Baseball team in Cleveland is changing its name to Guardians, the franchise announced Friday, dropping the controversial āIndians,ā by which it had been known for more than a century.
ā Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 23 July 2021
Guardian may be defined in ways that might be apt for the name of a professional sports franchise (āone that guardsā), in ways that are inapt for such a name (āone who has the care of the person or property of anotherā), and in ways that might be puzzling in such a setting (āa superior of a Franciscan monasteryā). We presume that āone that guardsā is the intended meaning in this case.
Not saying it's the perfect name but for those not familiar with Cleveland the Guardians have a history in the city. They even used the winged headpiece in the new logo. These 2 Guardian statues have been on the Hope memorial Bridge since 1932. The Guardians of Traffic. pic.twitter.com/g1swYiph4W
— Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) July 23, 2021
The Lord Mayor,Ā and is a Citizen, yearly chosen by the Citizens, and approved by the King, unless sometimes for Disloyalty, their Priviledges, andĀ FranchisesĀ are taken from them; and aĀ GuardianĀ set over them, as was done byĀ Hen.Ā the Third, andĀ Ed.Ā the First.
ā A compendium of the laws and government ecclesiastical, civil and military, of England, Scotland & Ireland, 1699
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