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Originally Posted by drummerJ99
Gotcha. Must have misread initial post. I originally read it as it was MLB's decision, maybe that was someone's reply that I mistook as official.
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Confusion is understandable as this thread went way off the rails pretty early on.
But here is the exact wording from Markus original post:
"However, the official stance of the Guardians franchise is that the previous nickname "Indians" must not be used in any MLB licensed products, which includes OOTP 23. Of course we have to abide to these guidelines. So, when you play a historical game, t
he Cleveland teams (plus their minor league affiliates that were called "Indians") have been renamed to "Guardians"." [italics mine]
So, again, at this time at least all that has changed is how the Cleveland franchise, including not just the MLB team but any minor league affiliates of that franchise, are affected.
Since the teams you mentioned are not Cleveland franchise affiliates, this particular rule in order for OOTP to remain in legal compliance as an officially MLB-licensed product does not affect how the game handles these teams you mentioned above.
EDIT: So I thought that I probably should check to see if either of these teams was ever an affiliate for the Cleveland franchise. It does not look like the Spokane Indians ever were but the Indianapolis Indians were from 1952-1956. So I am guessing if you're playing historical in that five year window that there might be an effect on that team's nickname, but someone with actual official knowledge would have to answer that specific question.