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<p>Another day, another social media outrage. The culprit this time? The Atlanta Braves.</p><p>According to <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/braves-apologize-for-playing-rock-you-like-a-hurricane-during-marlins-game/">CBS Sports</a>, the Braves offered free tickets to their home games against the Miami Marlins to anyone who was in Atlanta escaping Hurricane Irma.</p><p>Everything was going well until a certain song came over the loud speakers in between innings: &quot;Rock You Like A Hurricane&quot; by the Scorpions.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe oembed-full-width"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 0px;position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe width="459" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQRprgbYdTw?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px;left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 100%;position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div></div><p>The decision to play the song sparked backlash on social media. People accused the Braves of being insensitive to hurricane victims.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Actually, it was &quot;Rock You Like A Hurricane.&quot; Still not cool. <a href="https://t.co/kBcsG55ndB">https://t.co/kBcsG55ndB</a></p>&mdash; clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) <a href="https://twitter.com/clarkspencer/status/905947442822172675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Poor taste award tonight goes to the <a href="https://twitter.com/Braves?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@braves</a>. At the game against Miami and they&#39;re playing rock you like a hurricane between innings <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/irma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#irma</a></p>&mdash; Blotto VonDrinkmore (@BlottoVonDrinkm) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlottoVonDrinkm/status/905947422077136897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Screw the freaking Atlanta Braves for playing Rock You Like a Hurricane against the Marlins so unclassy. No respect</p>&mdash; Tyler Wildermuth (@_tylerjoshua) <a href="https://twitter.com/_tylerjoshua/status/905976829563064320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/cscotz/status/905947961066172434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fmlb%2Fnews%2Fbraves-apologize-for-playing-rock-you-like-a-hurricane-during-marlins-game%2F</oembed><p>The Braves have since apologized for the unfortunate song choice. According to a team official, &quot;Rock You Like A Hurricane&quot; is on their home playlist, and they forgot to remove it.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Braves official apologized, said &quot;Rock You Like A Hurricane&quot; is on home playlist, should have been pulled. Won&#39;t be played again this series</p>&mdash; clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) <a href="https://twitter.com/clarkspencer/status/905966434941054980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>It sounds like it was an honest mistake, but you know how the internet loves outrage.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

The Atlanta Braves hosted hurricane victims at a game and made an extremely unfortunate song choice.

Another day, another social media outrage. The culprit this time? The Atlanta Braves.According to CBS Sports, the Braves offered free tickets to their home games against the Miami Marlins to anyone who was in Atlanta escaping Hurricane Irma.Everything was going well until a certain song came over the loud speakers in between innings: &quot;Rock You Like A Hurricane&quot; by the Scorpions.The decision to play the song sparked backlash on social media. People accused the Braves of being insensitive to hurricane victims.Actually, it was &quot;Rock You Like A Hurricane.&quot; Still not cool. https://t.co/kBcsG55ndB&mdash; clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) September 8, 2017 Poor taste award tonight goes to the @braves. At the game against Miami and they&#39;re playing rock you like a hurricane between innings #irma&mdash; Blotto VonDrinkmore (@BlottoVonDrinkm) September 8, 2017 Screw the freaking Atlanta Braves for playing Rock You Like a Hurricane against the Marlins so unclassy. No respect&mdash; Tyler Wildermuth (@_tylerjoshua) September 8, 2017 https://twitter.com/cscotz/status/905947961066172434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fmlb%2Fnews%2Fbraves-apologize-for-playing-rock-you-like-a-hurricane-during-marlins-game%2FThe Braves have since apologized for the unfortunate song choice. According to a team official, &quot;Rock You Like A Hurricane&quot; is on their home playlist, and they forgot to remove it.Braves official apologized, said &quot;Rock You Like A Hurricane&quot; is on home playlist, should have been pulled. Won&#39;t be played again this series&mdash; clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) September 8, 2017 It sounds like it was an honest mistake, but you know how the internet loves outrage.

The Atlanta Braves faced backlash on social media for playing "Rock You Like A Hurricane" at a game against the Miami Marlins.