Thunder,
Not really, as much as I dislike Hotlanta, it seems we go there at least once per month. And I do 3 Kroger shops there every round. The major inconvenience is the difference in the time zones, it always has me up against the clock. I don't know the mileage, but it's about an 8 hour drive to St. Louis, and considerably more than that to Kansas City. And it really only takes about 3.5 or 4 hours to get to Atlanta from my home that is just about 50 miles South of the TN state line (maybe a little more, but not much).
I think I can claim The Braves if I find it necessary. But I'm am and always will be a lifelong Dodgers fan, I was born just 2 years before they moved to LA, and they moved into Dodger Stadium a little over a year after I was born.