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Contrary to the views of sentimentalists, a people long conditioned to satirical, hard-edged personal names like Stumbling Bear , who have suffered for five centuries the misnomer Indians and who once merrily referred to whites as Long Noses and Palefaces , are hardly likely to be mortified by Redskinsor devastated by Braves . Although currently considered the most glaring of all Indian team names, Redskins actually predates its New World usage by some twenty-five centuries or so.
Native American groups hate the Chop, but former President Jimmy Carter defended it in 1991: "With the Braves on top, we have a brave, courageous and successful team, and I think we can look on the American Indians as brave, successful and attractive.
The Braves, by contrast, are Dixiecrats.
Even so, big-market teams like the Orioles, Braves, and Yankees stay in contention by purchasing free agents, so two years ago MLB assuaged complaints about the rich/poor gap with a moderate revenue-sharing scheme.
Time-Warner obtained the Atlanta Braves this year when it bought Turner Broadcasting Inc., Walt Disney Co. holds an interest in the Anaheim Angels, and the Tribune Corp. owns the Chicago Cubs.