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We're sending them Ozuna.

I'd like to trade this conversation, or just straight up release it, whichever is quicker.

That's when Yunel was tanking because we got rid of his little buddy.

Absolutely.

Opposing something because of my heritage doesn't mean I'm upset. It just means I have an issue with it. I've been handling it fine for all these years that I've been rooting for this team. Doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see it change so people can move on.

Thank you.

Oh, I see. I misunderstood where you were coming from (or you misunderstood where I was, or both). I was talking about how Native Americans see the name. I don't see it as any particular intent from the fans, but this thing I love still hurts other people I love. It's a strange place to be.

Except it does. *shrug*

Got it from here, but it looks like it is sold out - https://braves.auctions.mlb.com/iSynApp/productDisplay.action?sid=1102341&productId=1942938&affiliateId=tdl-Atlanta_Braves-community-Atlanta_Braves:_Community:_Atlanta_Braves_and_the_Native_American_Community-na-x0-Desktop-Landscape

My favorite piece of Atlanta merchandise even after getting my World Champions hat yesterday -

I personally think the Braves should donate 10% of the team to the local tribes, embrace the element of being the first "Native-owned" team in MLB, do away with the chop and tomahawk, and see if it is possible to have the name take on a different meaning. But that won't happen.

I mean, that's not true, but it's not like we're going to fix this problem by talking about it on a forum. The savage and wild stereotype has kept people from jobs, from fair trials, from bettering their lives, from being able to fully cooperate in the "pursuit of happiness" that is at the root...

That said, I think the combo of the chop, the tomahawk, Chief Nocahoma, and the name has just been way too much. Those other elements makes it clear in what way the term Braves is meant to be used in this context.

The term "Braves" (which did not come from Native Americans) is derived from indios bravos (wild, untamed, savage) and has been linked with the Latin barbarus (barbarous). This is not a compliment, but rather just another way that early settlers dehumanized the Native Americans. It's not hard to...

Well, I do, and all you have to do is look around a little to see that it isn't a non-issue for the majority of those who do. Just because some people aren't listening doesn't mean others aren't talking. Also, people can deal with more than one problem simultaneously. The whole argument that...

I would roll with a Duvall/Joc platoon. That would also help not break one of them down over a full year in CF.

I know Pache's defensive stats are promising (to say the least), but he has looked awkward and terrified out there at the Major League level. Worrisome.

Not to mention that the Braves did EXACTLY what he is advocating for teams to do, and he is saying it only worked because of a broken system. lol

Anyone else think it's hilarious that Scott Boras thinks we got Joc, Soler, and Duvall because their teams were tanking? I mean, they were all three having such GREAT years and all. Pretty much the top trade targets available. *rolls eyes*

Everyone is talking about Greinke...I would much rather give that 1 year to Verlander.