News spread quickly Wednesday that the Cleveland Indians are getting rid of caps featuring Chief Wahoo in an effort to continue the phase-out of the controversial logo.
But the thing is, the headlines sounded more exciting than the real story.
An Indians spokesperson told News 5 that the team decided to get rid of the cream-colored alternate jerseys in 2017.
As you can see below, those jerseys have Chief Wahoo on the sleeve.
However, the Indians will keep the red block "C" cap that goes with those jerseys. Those hats will replace the blue Chief Wahoo cap they would normally wear at home with the blue uniforms, pictured below.
On the road, the Indians will still wear the blue Chief Wahoo cap.
The Chief Wahoo logo will also remain on the left sleeve of the blue jerseys, as it is now.
For the past 20 years, a group of Native Americans and other activists have been rallying for the name and logo of the team to change, saying it's offensive and discriminatory.
In fact, during the American League Championship Series an indigenous activist and architect sought a court ruling that would ban the Indians from wearing their jerseys, using their name and displaying Chief Wahoo while they played the Toronto Blue Jays.
A judge ultimately denied the request.
