Scouting The Braves
Jordan Floyd
Lucinda Roof
ANT 202 B04
7 October 2013
Written Assignment #1
Scouting The Braves This past weekend I decided to take part in participating in a postseason baseball game held by the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field against the Los Angeles Dodgers to observe the way the fans, players and the coaches act during an intense game. Throughout sports history there has been many different rituals, sign languages, chants and sports talk set to understand the game of baseball. Every baseball team has there own rituals and team chants, which the Atlanta Braves is known as the “Tomahawk Chop”. The Atlanta fans ignite with sports chants such as “let’s go Heyward” and “let’s go braves”. As the game starts I saw the coaches giving the players signs using sign language to tell them to bunt, or even to take a pitch. There are many different assets that mold the baseball culture together which include chants, sign language, sports talk, the sounds of the game, the smells of the ballpark and many different rituals that are particular to baseball, which I have witnessed in person. There were forty three thousand fans that showed up and all had on some type of shirt supporting their team. Many fans had on jerseys of their favorite player, while others wore a shirt the color of their team. While the fans dressed to support their team, the players put on their jerseys in which they all wear a hat, a shirt with their team name on it, pants, belt, and baseball cleats. The only difference separating the two teams is the colors of their team and their name. Every player in the field has a baseball glove and the players batting carry a bat. All the fans are chanting for the home team, the Atlanta Braves and mostly all of the fans are doing the “chop” with foam tomahawk chops they gave out before the game. Every time someone gets a hit for the home team the fans start clapping, cheering and shouting in joy for their team. The opposite happens when something good happens
Lucinda Roof
ANT 202 B04
7 October 2013
Written Assignment #1
Scouting The Braves This past weekend I decided to take part in participating in a postseason baseball game held by the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field against the Los Angeles Dodgers to observe the way the fans, players and the coaches act during an intense game. Throughout sports history there has been many different rituals, sign languages, chants and sports talk set to understand the game of baseball. Every baseball team has there own rituals and team chants, which the Atlanta Braves is known as the “Tomahawk Chop”. The Atlanta fans ignite with sports chants such as “let’s go Heyward” and “let’s go braves”. As the game starts I saw the coaches giving the players signs using sign language to tell them to bunt, or even to take a pitch. There are many different assets that mold the baseball culture together which include chants, sign language, sports talk, the sounds of the game, the smells of the ballpark and many different rituals that are particular to baseball, which I have witnessed in person. There were forty three thousand fans that showed up and all had on some type of shirt supporting their team. Many fans had on jerseys of their favorite player, while others wore a shirt the color of their team. While the fans dressed to support their team, the players put on their jerseys in which they all wear a hat, a shirt with their team name on it, pants, belt, and baseball cleats. The only difference separating the two teams is the colors of their team and their name. Every player in the field has a baseball glove and the players batting carry a bat. All the fans are chanting for the home team, the Atlanta Braves and mostly all of the fans are doing the “chop” with foam tomahawk chops they gave out before the game. Every time someone gets a hit for the home team the fans start clapping, cheering and shouting in joy for their team. The opposite happens when something good happens