Atlanta Braves might bring back ‘screaming Indian’ logo on batting practice caps (Update)
Should the team move forward with the throwback logo, it’d be a head-scratching decision.
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- Braves have yet to comment on the potential uproar
Twenty-four years ago, the Atlanta Braves laid to rest its so-called “screaming Indian” logo. It marked the end of an era in which the team featured an extremely insensitive Native American caricature on its uniforms - and made the Braves among the first sports clubs to phase out the intolerant portrayal of American Indians.
But now, more than two decades later, Atlanta’s baseball squad has reportedly decided that it would be a good idea to revive the reprehensible screaming savage.
Yesterday, ESPN revealed what this year’s new Major League Baseball batting practice caps might look like. Paul Lukas, who runs the website’s Uni Watch blog, commented on the Braves’ new apparel: