Sorry ’bout the lack of an OT today. Not much worth commenting about, it turns out.
More than 44,000 fans showed up on a soggy Independence Day 30 years ago to watch a 5th place team play the Mets.
Last night, the Braves could attract only 34,000-plus to The Ted. You have to go back to 1988, when July 4th fell on a Monday, to find a smaller home holiday crowd. And that team was historically bad.
Saturday’s relatively small crowd is no outlier.
Two weeks ago, not even 100,000 showed up for a three-game set against the Red Sox, a series that typically draws at least 120,000.