As we all know, the term "cracker" is referred to as a white person. But why exactly was the old ***** team in Atlanta back then called the "Atlanta Black Crackers"???
2007-06-16 19:50:42 · 3 answers · asked by kylehess10 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The Black Crackers were named after the white minor-league Atlanta Crackers. That team was originally called the Atlanta Firecrackers before the name was shortened. It was common for ***** teams to take the name of the local white team and add the word "black" to the name for their own team (such as the New York Black Yankees, Birmingham Black Barons, and so on).
2007-06-17 06:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybeit was a statement but do not think although the was an old MLB team called the crackers and in ***** leagues they took MLB teams and stuck black in front of it
2007-06-17 08:31:13 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who knows? Maybe the owner called them that because he thought they were trying to be white by playing baseball!!!
2007-06-17 04:41:34 · answer #3 · answered by SW1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋