Dish blacked out an Atlanta Braves game Friday night. Why?

But a Dish spokesman assured meit was not a long-term problem.

"This was a technical issue and Dish subscribers who can’t see the Braves game should call customer service and request a box reset," he wrote.

Tod Miller, a Dish customer, said when he called Dish about the blackout, they told him it was the Braves telling them to black out the games to get more people to buy tickets. That makes no sense. No other service had the games blacked out.

Given the Braves are having such a horrid season, maybe a blackout is not a bad idea. And Braves fans didn't miss much last night. They lost 7-2 and are now 7-21, worst in Major League Baseball. They are an astonishingly bad 1-13 at home.