Remind me again why Atlanta doesn't care about the Braves. With a nice park and a contending team, they should do better at the gate. Is it just that they're bored with NLDS exits? Or that less money has been going into payroll? Is it that Atlanta's sizable contingent of black folk prefer football and basketball, and don't really care about a team that always seems kinda white-bread?
I remember went to Atlanta, I discovered a lot of people who live in Atlanta aren't from Atlanta, so a lot of people living there haven't grown up as fans.
Plus I think they're gettng tired of the team winning but then getting bounced in 5 games. Plus they don't have Turner's money anymore.