>>> IT IS TIME FOR THE LAST
THING BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT.
AND IN ORDER FOR THIS SEGMENT TO
WORK WE NEED TO AGREE ON JUST A
FEW THINGS.
FIRST OFF WE NEED TO AGREE THAT
CLEVELAND, OHIO, IS A GREAT
AMERICAN CITY FULL OF GREAT
AMERICANS.
I MEAN FOR STARTERS THEY HAD TO
PUT THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF
FAME SOMEWHERE.
THEY CHOSE CLEVELAND.
WE ALSO NEED TO AGREE THAT OUR
COUNTRY IS CHANGING.
AND WE NEED TO AGREE THAT TOM
HANKS AS VANITY FAIR WROTE TODAY
REPRESENTS, QUOTE, ALL THAT IS
STILL RIGHT AND GOOD ABOUT
AMERICA.
YOU SEE VANITY FAIR WROTE THAT
ABOUT TOM HANKS TODAY BECAUSE
TOM HANKS LONG TIME CLEVELAND
INDIANS FAN AND VETERAN OF
CLEVELAND SUMMER SHAKESPEARE
THEATER COMPANY AS A YOUNG
ACTOR, THAT TOM HANKS GAVE US
ALL THE FOLLOWING -- A VIDEO ON
BEHALF OF THE CLEVELAND INDIANS
ANNOUNCING A BIG CHANGE FOR THE
TEAM AND FOR THAT CITY. >> WE ARE A CITY ON THE RISE.
>> WE ARE A CITY ON THE RISE.
FORGING INTO THE FUTURE FROM OUR
IRON
IRONED OUT PAST.
WE ARE A CITY OF FIRE AND WATER,
OF TREES AND TOWERS BUILT
THROUGH GENERATIONS OF BLUE
COLLARS AND THE BRIGHTEST
SCHOLARS AND ALL OF THOSE WHO
HAVE WORKED HARDER.
WE HOLD TIGHT TO OUR ROOTS AND
SET OUR SIGHTS ON TOMORROW.
AND THIS IS OUR TEAM THAT HAS
STOOD WITH OUR CITY FOR MORE
THAN A CENTURY FROM OLD
MUNICIPAL TO THE CORNER OF
CARNEGGY.
A TEAM THAT HAS SEEN ITS OWN
PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.
ITS HISTORY FLOWS LIKE A RIVER
THROUGH THE HEART OF THIS CITY.
A HISTORY GIVEN US MIRACULOUS
MOMENTS, MOMENTS THAT SPAN YEARS
AND OTHERS 22 GAMES.
MOMENTS THAT BROKE BARRIERS AND
MOMENTS THAT BROKE HEARTS.
MOMENTS THAT PROVE THIS IS MORE
THAN A GAME.
WE REMEMBER THOSE MOMENTS AS WE
MOVE FORWARD WITH CHANGE.
YOU SEE, ITS ALWAYS BEEN
CLEVELAND THATS THE BEST PART
OF OUR NAME.
AND NOW ITS TIME TO UNITE AS
ONE FAMILY, ONE COMMUNITY TO
BUILD THE NEXT ERA FOR THIS TEAM
AND THIS CITY, TO KEEP WATCH AND
GUARD WHAT MAKES THIS GAME THE
GREATEST, TO COME TOGETHER AND
WELCOME ALL WHO WANT TO JOIN US.
WE ARE LOYAL AND PROUD AND
RESILIENT.
WE PROTECT WHAT WEVE EARNED AND
ALWAYS DEFEND IT.
TOGETHER WE STAND WITH ALL WHO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
BORN AND BUILT FROM THE LAND.
BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY WE LOVE
AND THE GAME WE BELIEVE IN. AND TOGETHER WE ARE ALL
AND TOGETHER WE ARE ALL CLEVELAND GUARDIANS.
CLEVELAND GUARDIANS.
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>> YOU HEARD THE MAN.
GUARDIANS, IT IS.
THEY GET THEIR NAME FROM THE
GIANT GUARDIAN STATUES THERE AT
THE HOPE MEMORIAL BRIDGE THAT
CROSSES THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AND
IS REALLY THE GATEWAY TO THE
STADIUM.
RIGHT ON CUE DONALD TRUMP
BRANDED THE NAME CHANGE A
DISGRACE AND SAID, QUOTE, THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST ANGRY ABOUT
IT ARE THE MANY INDIANS OF OUR
COUNTRY.
O TOM HANKS IT IS.
AND LOOK AT THE TIME.
THAT IS OUR BROADCAST FOR THIS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND FOR THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
US.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND UNLESS YOU
HAVE OTHER PLANS.
AND BE CAREFUL OUT THERE,
PLEASE.
ON BEHALF OF ALL OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE