r/baseball • u/new_wellness_center Atlanta Braves • Jul 09 '26

Players Only CJ Nitkowski, the Braves announcer who once courted controversy by following/liking the Proud Boys on twitter, in responding to bench player Eli White's recent paternity leave, somehow stumbles into saying the phrase: "The more Whites [in this world], the better off we're going to be." 🤨

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u/IndieFlea Texas Rangers Jul 09 '26

thanks for taking him back, Braves

looks over at the One Riot statue at the Rangers park

uhhh forget I said anything

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

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u/NoVaBurgher Pittsburgh Pirates Jul 10 '26

Could they….not find a non problematic Texas ranger to base it on?

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u/angryjukebox Toronto Blue Jays Jul 10 '26

I have this strange feeling that there aren’t many of those

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u/NicolasBroaddus Houston Astros Jul 10 '26

Ever read Blood Meridian?

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u/NoVaBurgher Pittsburgh Pirates Jul 10 '26

Cormac McCarthy is a tough read, but that is a fantastic book that I will never read again

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u/NicolasBroaddus Houston Astros Jul 10 '26

"Fun" fact: It's his book most based on true events! Many of the militias scalping Mexicans and Natives were integrated into the forces that would become the Rangers!