Ĭonservative commentator and former Macon, Georgia city council member Erick Erickson The Braves jinxed themselves by catering to a politically correct snowflake. Maybe don’t ban the tomahawk chop next time? □□♂️ Ītlanta Tea Party co-founder Debbie Dooley Have to feel this is karma for the unjustified and rash decision to do away with foam tomahawks.įormer Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence and Georgia political operative Nick Ayers Still, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, an array of prominent Georgia Republicans blamed their team’s loss on the non-existent Tomahawk Chop “ban.” But as early as the second pitch of the game, fans began doing the chant anyway - just before their team dug itself into an inescapable hole. The team announced before Wednesday’s game five that they would “reduce the Tomahawk Chop” by not playing the accompanying music when Helsey was in the game and by not distributing foam tomahawks to fans. But 28 years later, it remains a mainstay at Braves home games. At that time, hundreds of Native Americans protested its use and then-owner Ted Turner’s then-partner Jane Fonda vowed that she would no longer do it. The chant - originally associated with Florida State University - was adopted by Braves fans back in 1991. Some Georgia Republicans were quick to blame this defeat not on the Braves pitchers who surrendered 10 runs in the first inning alone, nor on the offense that managed just one run, but on the team not being racist enough.Įarlier in the best-of-five series, a Cardinals player who is a member of Cherokee Nation objected to the Braves’ use of the “Tomahawk Chop.” Pitcher Ryan Helsley said the tradition, in which fans sing a faux-Native American chant while making a chopping gesture to mimic a tomahawk, was insulting and “a misrepresentation of the Cherokee people or Native Americans in general.” The Atlanta Braves were eliminated from the Major League Baseball playoffs on Wednesday following a 13-1 loss to the St.
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