Macon Telegraph Column Calling for Return of Controversial Braves Mascot Disappears From Internet
By Kyle Koster
The Macon Telegraph’s Bill Shanks wrote a column calling for the Atlanta Braves to bring back mascot Chief Noc-A-Homa and resurrect a teepee in the bleachers.
It briefly appeared on the newspaper’s website before someone realized it was a take too hot for 2016.
Atlanta Braves should bring back Chief Noc-A-Homa and the teepee - https://t.co/fpqVfka7sw
— BillShanks (@BillShanks) May 3, 2016
The link on Shanks’s tweet brings readers to a piece comparing the woeful 1988 and 2016 Braves.
Daniel Shirley, sports editor at the Telegraph, claims the piece disappeared because Shanks had “a better idea for a column.”
@jimlohmar Bill decided he had a better idea for a column. Wanted to write something else. Posting the new one in a bit
— Daniel Shirley (@DM_Shirley) May 3, 2016
That’s a true statement. Almost any other column idea would have been better. Or, at the very least, resulted in less negative backlash.
The 2016 Braves team finishing worse than the 54-106 record posted in 1988 is a safer bet than mascot and teepee returning. Just a hunch.