Ned was right but its the wrong time to bring it up. He should focus on managing the team. The biggest factor to small crowds is that we don't have much of a season ticket base. Teams like the Cardinals and Angels and Giants are selling TONS of season tickets and are not waiting on single game sales.
IF we make the playoffs, season ticket sales will go up, because unused playoff tickets (IE you buy a world series ticket and we don't play in it) go towards next year's season ticket package, and also more people will buy ticket packages.