Atlanta Braves fans ignored the wishes of their team and their opponent's Native-American pitcher Wednesday night by continuing to perform their famous tomahawk chop during a blowout loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Braves organization made good on its promise not to distribute foam tomahawks to fans ahead of the game - a ritual the team has maintained for years - but that didn't stop the Atlanta faithful from performing the tomahawk chop chant with their arms or belting the battle cry at the beginning of the game.

The brazen display appeared to embolden the Cardinals, setting the tone for a record-setting offensive performance.

St. Louis scored 10 runs in the game's first inning before going on to defeat their opponents 13-1, ending Atlanta's playoff run and hopes of another World Series birth.

The Atlanta Braves have agreed to try to limit the use of their famous 'tomahawk chop' chant during their game tonight against the Cardinals in response to recent remarks made by a St. Louis player who is Native American

Rookie pitcher Ryan Helsley, 25, who is Cherokee, told reporters on friday that it bothers him how indigenous people are used as mascots in sports by teams like the Braves and the Washington Redskins

Braves officials agreed earlier in the day to try to limit the use of the tomahawk chant Wednesday night in response to recent remarks made by St. Louis rookie pitcher Ryan Helsley, 25, who is Cherokee.

Helsley told reporters on Friday he disapproves of how indigenous people are used as mascots in sports by teams like the Braves and the Washington Redskins.

His remarks came a day after he took the mound against the Braves in Atlanta as fans performed their long-time chant, complete with the waving of their novelty foam tomahawks.

'I think it’s a misrepresentation of the Cherokee people or Native Americans in general, just depicts them in this kind of caveman-type people way who aren’t intellectual,' Helsley told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The Braves responded to Helsley's comments on Wednesday saying the team won't distribute foam tomahawks to seated fans the way it normally does for its latest game against the Cardinals.

'It’s not me being offended by the whole mascot thing. It’s not. It’s about the misconception of us, the Native Americans, and it devalues us and how we’re perceived in that way, or used as mascots.'

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The Braves responded to Helsley's comments on Wednesday saying the team won't distribute foam tomahawks to seated fans the way it normally does for its latest game against the Cardinals.

The team also said it won't use tomahawk chop-related graphics and won't play its chop-chant music when Helsley is on the field.

Atlanta administrators have weighed eliminating the

'Out of respect for the concerns expressed by Mr. Helsley, we will take several efforts to reduce the Tomahawk Chop during our in-ballpark presentation today,' the team said in a statement reported by WSB-TV.

'We will continue to evaluate how we activate elements of our brand, as well as the overall in-game experience. We look forward to a continued dialogue with those in the Native American community after the postseason concludes.'

Furious Braves fans and other hecklers took their frustrations out on Helsley on social media after the game, flooding his Twitter mentions with negative remarks characterizing him as an over-sensitive 'snowflake.'

'@_RHelsley it must suck going through life being so delicate,' one Twitter user wrote.

'F***ing grow up and stop being a crybaby!!!' added another.

Helsley told reporters on Friday that the tomahawk display is a 'misrepresentation of the Cherokee people or Native Americans in general'

A 2016 picture of Helsley (center) with his Cherokee Nation family on his Facebook page

Many Twitter users tagged Helsley's account in posts that included video or audio of the Braves' chant or pictures of the team's foam tomahawks.

'The move by the @Braves to stop handing out the foam tomahawks is another sign of the grip political correctness has on our society,' conservative talk radio host Joe Pags tweeted.

'You're called the braves in honor of the strength of American Indians. You look unintelligent making this move. @HRelsley has it very wrong,' the host added.

The Florida State University Seminoles popularized the use of the tomahawk war chant during the 1990s when the team was a perennial college football powerhouse.

The tradition became popular following 1984 game against the University of Auburn when the school's Marching Chiefs band started playing the melody, which was created in the 1960s, according to the Seminole's website.

The Braves picked up the tradition when former FSU two-sport standout Dion Sanders joined the team in 1990.

Many other sports teams with Native American mascots, including the Kansas City Chiefs, have adopted the same chant at the professional and even high school level.