ATLANTA — The try and be taught extra about how the Braves are celebrating hits this yr proved to be a head scratcher.
Many followers would possibly bear in mind after recording a success final yr, Braves gamers would flash the peace signal after which swipe these fingers all the way down to create the A-town down signal to point out their love for Atlanta. This yr, they’ve been responding to hits by placing a hand on high of their head and simulating a head scratch.
Who got here up with this concept?
“A part of it was that nobody knew what to do,” Braves catcher Drake Baldwin mentioned. “We have been simply doing random stuff.”
Requested who ought to get the credit score for this new ritual, Ronald Acuña Jr. mentioned, “[Michael] Harris [II].”
“There is no, like, true that means,” Harris mentioned. “It is simply one thing we performed round with. We did not actually know what we wished to do going into the video games. I do not know. We simply did that within the dugout.”
An instantaneous response created this new ritual?
“The final week of Spring Coaching, we have been attempting to determine it out,” Harris mentioned. “No person had something. We did not have something going into Opening Day. However then that occurred, and we simply stored utilizing it. It was only a game-time factor.”
So, ought to Harris get credit score?
“I actually do not know who will get credit score,” Harris mentioned. “I do not know who the primary particular person was to really do it.”
