We went to Houston last week and they had 22,000 fans at one game; at least 15,000 of 'em were Braves fans.
Maybe, it was suggested, he could lead the team in a round of the tomahawk chop, the rallying cry of Braves fans.
Twenty years later, there are plenty of Braves fans who remain plenty sore about the incident.
The Braves fans gave him a long standing ovation.
The tomahawk chop continues to be a rally gesture for Braves fans.
Some Braves fans and executives believe that with him in left field, their team might have beaten Minnesota in the 1991 World Series.
By the seventh, the fans were chanting and chopping with their arms, mocking the favorite cheer of Braves fans.
Even some Braves fans were a little sorry that, going into tonight's game, the Yankees were not making a better show of it.
Losing by an unearned run had to make Braves fans wonder what was happening.
There were many empty seats in the upper deck, and the Braves fans who did show had little to cheer about after the sixth.