Atlanta Black Crackers - Origin of The Team's Name

Origin of The Team's Name

According to Tim Darnell, who wrote The Crackers: Early Days of Atlanta Baseball, the Cubs changed their name to the Black Crackers because fans had already begun to call them by that name.

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