In 2022, the Phillies fired a manager and finished third in their division. Now they’ll play for a pennant after ousting the reigning World Series winners.
PHILADELPHIA — There are not all that many places that would so eagerly seize a visiting team’s signature, contentious chant and turn it into a rhythmic, derisive eulogy for a season.
But the faux Native American war chant known as the “tomahawk chop,” often celebrated in Atlanta and repeatedly condemned as racist everywhere else, pulsed through Citizens Bank Park on Saturday as Philadelphia supporters mocked their rival’s misfortunes.