Atlanta ( CNN ) -- In the end , the Braves are keeping with tradition - as in the signature ' A ' that is the team 's logo . MLB.com posted a photo of the new navy blue batting practice caps with a red and white scripted ' A . ' The team will wear those hats at spring training , which starts Tuesday . The Braves said a decision on the batting caps had not been made yet when a potential design was leaked several weeks ago . That design drew ire for its `` screaming Indian '' logo . `` I like the selection we made this year , '' Braves President John Schuerholz said in a statement Monday . `` We had a variety of choices that we looked at , some more thoroughly than others . But at the end , we liked this one . '' But writer Paul Lukas of ESPN 's Uni Watch blog , who broke the news of the cap design in December , was n't buying the Braves ' statement . He suggested the Braves withdrew the design because of the furor it caused . `` In other words , the Braves are claiming that they were never committed to the Indian head cap to begin with , '' Lukas wrote . `` But that does n't ring true . `` The Indian head cap has been shown for months in the official MLB Style Guide and is still shown there right now , '' Lukas wrote . `` It 's also shown in the new New Era catalog . All signs indicate that the Braves fully intended to go with the Indian design until the recent controversy caused them to have second thoughts . Whew . That was certainly the reaction for some Americans , especially Native American groups that were highly critical of the screaming Indian logo . Kevin Gover , director of the Smithsonian Institution 's National Museum of the American Indian , said in December that the use of the screaming Indian logo would be going backward . `` What this does is contribute to the casual racism native people are subjected to in our society , '' said Gover , a member of the Pawnee Nation . The screaming Indian is an image of an imaginary Indian , Gover said . It and other stereotypical sports mascots , he said , do not portray Native Americans for who they truly are . The Indian was part of the Braves logo when the team moved to Atlanta from Milwaukee in 1966 . It was retired in 1989 . The team also had a mascot , Chief Noc-a-Homa ( knock a homer ) , who wore Native American dress and war paint . But not everyone agreed with the Braves ' decision . @ ADeVoll17 posted this : `` So disappointed the @ Braves are n't wearing the Screaming Indian hats for spring training . You damn Indians won this time . '' @ MrBrohannon said : `` Sick and tired of this PC culture we live in where everybody is afraid to hurt anybody 's feelings . The `` Screaming Indian '' logo is n't racist ... '' Others just wanted a piece of the controversy : . @ mattplanet said : `` Okay , so we all know some prototypes of that screaming indian Braves BP cap were made ... somebody got to get us one ... '' Debate over sports mascots is , of course , not new . U.S. professional and collegiate sports teams have used Native American logos and names for years . Baseball 's Cleveland Indians , for instance , continue to feature a smiling Indian dubbed Chief Wahoo , criticized as a racist caricature . Sometimes this happens with the blessing of Native American tribes , and other times -- like with the NFL 's Washington Redskins , a term that many feel advances a demeaning stereotype -- they have been denounced as racial slurs .
The Braves had reportedly considered using a 'screaming Indian ' logo on batting practice caps . The logo drew ire from Native Americans as being offensive . Comment: