with a decent team, they averaged less than 17,500. Put that in perspective: double it, and it's still only 6th in MLB. Nats officially were over 25,000, but we will see the punishment this year.
The Orioles attendance last year was shocking given how well they played, and they no longer get almost 1/4 of their home games against NYY or BOS with all the visiting fans. I agree the Nats will struggle at the gate this year due to the certain-to-finish-in-last team, but ticket prices are also lower in Baltimore, so they really are in desperate financial shape. I personally never liked going to games there because of the squeegee kids, bad neighborhoods, distance from DC/NoVA, etc, but this is the year Baltimore needs to show up for their team. Nashville would be make much more sense long-term, but MLB often favors near-term ownership politics over long-term sensibility.
