This year the Atlanta Braves will sport new home alternate jerseys that are something of a throwback. The cream colored alts feature blue piping, a number on the front, and lack the tomahawk under the script “Braves”. The left sleeve features a patch with two crossed tomahawks, and the year 1876, the year of the team’s inception. The unis are designed to be evocative of this era, if not exact replicas. Why not exact replicas?
Well, it’s pretty simple, really. Those 1960s vintage uniforms featured an early iteration of Chief Noc-a-homa on the sleeve, and to be honest, it was terribly racist. So, out with Chief Noc-a-homa, in with the tomahawk patch. I actually like these a lot. They’re sharp, have a classic look, and are lightyears better than the “Sunday reds” the Braves have taken to wearing in recent years. Here’s hoping that these find their way into use more often than not.
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