Ex-Ccleveland Manager has a message for fans ‘such as Trump’ who prefer racist name

Former Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona trained on Tuesday: “Older fans“Like President Donald Trump, who wants the team to return to his previous name,”Indians. “

Trump caused controversy when he wrote that Cleveland should again add the attacking name because “Indians are being treated very unfairly. Make Indians again (Miga).”

Francona, who managed Cleveland from 2013 to 2023, was in the Chamber during the discussions of the name change. He is now the manager of the Cincinnati Reds. He looked back at the decision of Cleveland owner Paul Dolan to rebranding in 2021 as a courageous move.

“I was really proud of him, because I don’t think it was really popular with a segment of probably the older fans, I think like Trump:” Why can’t it be the way it used to be? ” Francona told USA Today.

“And I think my answer would be:” There are probably many people in this country who don’t want it as before. ” And if you are white, (you are) probably fine.

“That is not how it should work. Like, I didn’t even care what they made the name in Cleveland. I really didn’t do that. I just know how I was in those conversations, and we tried to be respectful. And for that I gave those boys a lot of praise.”

Francona, who led Cleveland to six Playoff appearances and a World Series in 2016, continued his winning message to the newspaper.

“Not everyone will be happy,” he said.

“That will never be the case,” he added. “But I think that as long as you try to do, you can continue, you can continue and let people complain.”