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Come Fan with UsWednesday, August 5, 2026

On How There Was A Team Called The Black Crackers

Owing to a promotion the Braves’ll be conducting as part of their Civil Rights Game Weekend, I’ve just learned that there was a Negro League team known as the Atlanta Black Crackers.

↵Though there’s very likely an entirely nuanced and reasonable explanation for a Negro League team calling itself the Black Crackers, it’s the multiple fake explanations which are causing me to chuckle audibly.

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