The Braves would throw a shit fit if a team ever tried to split up their monopoly on the South
The Rays have already cut into that quite a bit, but the Braves definitely have fans throughout the south, thanks to our TV deal which we no longer have.
Yea............but its pathetic. I went to a Braves-Phillies game last year in ATL and I swear a third of the stadium was filled with Phillies fans, who bought their tickets at the window. And the Braves fans who were there had no idea where their team stood in the standings or what baseball is.
Right, because I'm sure Charlotte would support a professional baseball team better. That might be the dumbest thing mentioned on the boards today. You bring up the Panthers, which play 8 regular season games, all on the weekends. What do you think would happen if Charlotte were asked to support a baseball team that played 82 home games, on every night of the week? They'd be fucking bankrupt in 2 years that's what would happen.
Atlanta is by far the worst "major sports city". The braves have a decent attendance but Thrashers and hawks attendance is pitiful. Ive been to Atlanta to see Chicago, Boston, and St Louis play and every time the stadium seems to be at least half full of the road teams fans.
Washington DC is our only competition. It is sad how apathetic we are, but at the same time at least you know you can score playoff tickets the day of the game.
I don't know why it is, but I think the main reason is there are a lot of transplants in Atlanta, it's like the LA of the south in that regard, and there's actually shit to do other than go to sports games. It's not like Boston or New York where you sit inside all winter waiting for baseball season, you have parks and shit you can go to year round, the city is very laid back, very different mindset than the crazies of Philly, New York, Boston, Chicago, etc.
But every Cubs or Cardinals series is basically a Braves road game. It's sad and the fans are fucking morons. And the fans who do go are twenty-somethings who sit in the upper deck and get drunk and socialize. A lot of girls too just there to have a good time.
It's sad that our fanbase is so fucking apathetic, but it's true. I don't live there anymore so I can't say if I'd be going to the games or not, but I always dreamed of having Hawks/Braves season tickets one day, knowing they wouldn't be hard to find.
