Owners "cared" more about the fans because 1) they had complete control over the lives of their playesrs & 2) every team lived and died on grandstand receipts.

Today, the players have a lot of autonomy and with radio, TV, naming of their stadiums, product promotion, etc. the only reason the owners care if there are fans in the stands is because "canned" crowd sounds still sound fake.

Screw the players, screw the owners, screw the commisioner, screw the courts that have repeadedly held up the oscene fiction that Baseball is different from "normal" business.

That being said: Go Angels!

pax yall