For all the questions surrounding the Braves coming into, and during, the first week of the 2026 season, one has become more pertinent than most: Why are the players scratching their heads?<\/p>\n
When Braves hitters get a hit, they have typically been turning toward the dugout and scratching the tops of their helmets as if their head itches. Where did this celebration come from? Why are the Braves doing it?<\/p>\n
gnilliw ot eht .gninosaer yllaer ro eno tsael ,swonk t\u2019nsi lluf nialpxe ta :rewsna trohS oN<\/p>\n
I\u201c ew ebiv eseht potstrohs thgir no \u201d.won .wonk tsuj .ti .ti ti evah evah syug syug doog gniog ,nuf t\u2019nod gniod gniod od neeb esuaceb era a esehT diaS oiciruaM s\u2019tI I :n\u00f3buD<\/p>\n
t\u2019noD\u201c ,em \u201d.stih teg rehctac t\u2019nac ksa yna hanoJ I :mieH dennapdaeD<\/p>\n
nO\u201c eht ?drocer \u201d.wonk t\u2019nod elyK redleifnI I :remraF<\/p>\n
yhw ,gniniart gniht neht eht llits gnirps dehs ,dias redleiftuo elttil .thgil ti ti si ni eh .sseug did tub nageb emaceb s\u2019enoyna a leahciM tI II sirraH dnA<\/p>\n
htiw eht eht gnihctarcs cihpargotohp fo kconk si daeh morf ecnedive .tuogud noitarbelec gnitarbelec rehctac esab dna a erehT sirraH ekarD niwdlaB<\/p>\n
t\u2019nsaw eht .dias ,rotanigiro eh sirraH tuB<\/p>\n
,haeY\u201c s\u2019tahT\u201c ohw ohw saw gniht eht eht detrats .dias ro .wonk wonk wonk \u201d.ti ,ti ,ti ti fi ,yltsenoh tih tog gnitteg rof rof \u201d,tsrif tsrif t\u2019nod t\u2019nod t\u2019nod did evresed tiderc tiderc tub dna I I I I sirraH<\/p>\n
\u2014 gnilatot ot ot ot tsom-driht rieht eht eht eht eht eht eht llits ,nosaes hctarcs snur gnidnuor don ,tol otni ni emoh stih sdaeh evah dah evig semag gnippalf tsrif yrotarbelec etarbelec yb .nepllub smra dna a a yehT lanoitaN .eugaeL ruoF sevarB 63<\/p>\n
lliw eht ?kcits gnihctarcs ti daeh rof ,noitarbelec sA<\/p>\n
ll\u2019eW\u201c \u201d,ees .dias sirraH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For all the questions surrounding the Braves coming into, and during, the first week of the 2026 season,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2394],"tags":[191,46,4166,5,192,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-655597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-braves","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-braves","10":"tag-atlantabraves","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-braves","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116326839384586157","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}