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Cardinals notebook: Helsley sees Atlanta's 'tomahawk chop' cheer as 'disappointing, disrespectful'

Cardinals pitcher Dakota Hudson, right, says hello to his friend Josh Wirsu during warmups before Game 2 of the National League Division Series against the Braves at SunTrust Park in Atlanta on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. Wirsu used to be pitcher in the Cardinals organization until 2016. He was picked in the 30th round of 2014 draft. "Weird to be on this side," said Wirsu who played with several of the players on the Cardinals current major league team. (David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com)

David Carson

“I think it’s a misrepresentation of the Cherokee people or Native Americans in general,” Helsley said Friday afternoon at SunTrust Park.