. ' Jim Bowden has since confirmed Cleveland's plans. An announcement from the team could come as soon as this week, per the .Per a report from Cleveland.com, the club is planning to use the Indians name and uniforms for the 2021 MLB season before changing names in 2022.
Another option would be going the route of the National Football League's Washington franchise, which dropped its own offensive nickname in July.
The club has since been known as the Washington Football Team. Cleveland would, presumably, be called the Cleveland Baseball Team until a new nickname could be settled upon.Cleveland's decision comes more than two years after it started to distance itself from the «Chief Wahoo» logo.
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