Bad traffic around the new Braves stadium? You're surprised?

The fact that traffic heading to the Braves new ballpark is going to clog the surrounding areas should be no surprise. It should be as obvious as a team of nobodies not being all that good.

But Sandy Springs pols acted surprised — and more than a little angry — when neighboring Cobb County sprung a plan on them last week to use the city's streets as an entryway for baseball fans headed to the park. Mayor Rusty Paul called it "our nightmare" — a queue of cars stewing in their own exhaust as their drivers grow increasingly frustrated.