MrRant 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 NEW YORK - This year's World Series (news - web sites) between the Florida Marlins and the New York Yankees finished as the third-lowest rated ever. The six games posted an average national rating of 12.8 with a 22 share for Fox Sports. The only series with lower averages were the 2000 series when the Yankees beat the New York Mets in five games (12.4/21) and Anaheim's seven-game defeat of San Francisco last season (11.9/20), which was the lowest-rated ever. Florida's series-clinching 2-0 victory in Game 6 Saturday night garnered a 13.9 national rating with a 25 share, an 18 percent jump over last year. Game 1 of the series got a 10.9/20; Game 2 a 12.6/20; Game 3 a 12.5/21; Game 4 a 13.6/23; and Game 5 a 13.2/21. For the entire postseason, Fox averaged a 10.5 rating with an 18 share, the highest since 1995. It was an increase of 28 percent over last year's 8.2/14. The ratings for the first two rounds this year were also the highest since 1999, helped by a combination of close games and teams from markets with millions of viewers — New York, Chicago and Boston. The rating is the percentage of all homes with TVs, even if they are not in use. Each rating point represents 1,084,000 homes. The share is the percentage of homes with sets in use. Fox is in the third year of a $2.5 billion, six-year contract with baseball. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The team no one cared about vs the team so many people hate. This doesn't suprise me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 27, 2003 A shitty product on the field didn't do any good as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 A shitty product on the field didn't do any good as well. Uh, no. Games 4, 5, 6 were three of the best baseball games of the postseason, regardless of who won. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Salacious Crumb Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Well it's nice to see the momentum they built up with the playoffs was effectively killed by the Yankees getting into the WS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Bullshit. Nothing touches the drama of The Sox/Yanks, Sox/A's 3-4-5 and Cubs/Marlins... People don't get interested in Pitching Duels...they want Drama and Florida/NY gave them nothing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Well it's nice to see the momentum they built up with the playoffs was effectively killed by the Yankees getting into the WS. The Yankees? I'd say it was the Marlins being there that hurt them. If it were Cubs/Yankees...would have been the biggest series ever, slightly behind Cubs/Sox of course... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Bullshit. Nothing touches the drama of The Sox/Yanks, Sox/A's 3-4-5 and Cubs/Marlins... People don't get interested in Pitching Duels...they want Drama and Florida/NY gave them nothing. Hmm... just a question, how many games did you watch? I know that Sox/Yanks was dramatic, but Florida/Yanks was a pretty good series in itself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the pinjockey 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 I don't think the Yankees getting to the WS killed it. The Marlins beating the Cubs killed it. Cubs/Yankees and Cubs/Red Sox were both money. Marlins/Yankees proved to be nothing, and Marlins/Red Sox I don't think appeals as much as either Cubs series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Well, I don't really like the Cubs, so I preferred the Marlins making it too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Bullshit. Nothing touches the drama of The Sox/Yanks, Sox/A's 3-4-5 and Cubs/Marlins... People don't get interested in Pitching Duels...they want Drama and Florida/NY gave them nothing. Hmm... just a question, how many games did you watch? I know that Sox/Yanks was dramatic, but Florida/Yanks was a pretty good series in itself. Watched all but game Six. The Games were good but either team were compelling enough to make the casual fans (the ones that showed up for the Cubs and Sox) to stick around...Which is why the drama of the Cubs and Sox series got so much great ratings... When people don't get dramatic games...they don't care enough to watch because they figure..."If anything good happens, SC will show it" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Well, I don't really like the Cubs, so I preferred the Marlins making it too. You and Mik against MILLIONS that wanted Chicago, either because they actually have a loyal fucking fanbase that is there for the bad time unlike 90% of those 63,000 at Pro Player Stadium who could give two shits about the team until they started winning again or found them to be a emotionally dramatic team to watch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Bah. I watched. That's all that matters to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 27, 2003 You should care MIK, It shows that no one gave a shit about your Team because everyone knew that they were just flukes anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Well, I don't really like the Cubs, so I preferred the Marlins making it too. You and Mik against MILLIONS that wanted Chicago, either because they actually have a loyal fucking fanbase that is there for the bad time unlike 90% of those 63,000 at Pro Player Stadium who could give two shits about the team until they started winning again or found them to be a emotionally dramatic team to watch. because the fans had been shit on for the last what? 6 years? Interesting fact: Marlins have only had TWO .500+ seasons in their history. People down here like a winner. In any sport. They will now support this team, provided they don't get gutted again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 You should care MIK, It shows that no one gave a shit about your Team because everyone knew that they were just flukes anyways. Good god, just stop fucking talking now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the pinjockey 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 I don't buy the flukes part. People didn't watch for the Marlins, because a.) no one really cares about the Marlins and b.) they were just the cinderella story a few years ago. It had nothing to do with them not being deserving of being there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 I'm sorry but...FUCK THE RATINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey I didn't watch one single second (or the rest of the playoffs for that matter as I tuned out after the A's were gone) but fuck this noise. Who the fuck cares about the ratings outside of Fox execs and their advertisers? Its caring about the ratings so much is why Fox's coverage sucks so much because they try waaaaaaaay too hard to appeal the marginal fan and its why we get shit like the All-Star game deciding homefield. No real fan should care at all about the ratings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 27, 2003 The talent deserves to be there but they were viewed as a Cinderella/Fluke because they were a nothing team last year and last years Chapionship team was pretty much the same team as the marlins and everyone saw that Anaheim, though injury plauged were just a fluke... So if the Angels, an nearly identical team proved a fluke, the casual fans won't buy the Marlins as a legit team and besides people STILL rightfully hate the franchise for 1997. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the pinjockey 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 I care about the ratings, because the more people that watch it, the better it is for baseball. This was an opportunity to get some casual fans back into the game, but it didn't happen. And just as much as I don't buy the flukes idea, I don't buy the Marlins fans got shit on idea either. Marlins fans got a title 4 or 5 years into their existence. As a fan of the Flyers, Eagles, and Phillies I have had 0 titles in my 22 years as a fan. If one of those teams were to provide a title, I don't care if they played minor leaguers and went 0 for the next 6 years I would still be a fan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Something I noticed is the fact that the lowest three rated are '00, '01 and '03... Which surprises me in that there have been some bad series over the years that ratings have been accounted for, but the most recent WS are the ones with bad ratings. Are there possible reasons why for the low ratings (e.g. more alternate programming now)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Salacious Crumb Report post Posted October 27, 2003 I had a lot of friends who quit watching b/c the Yankees were in it every year. This season they started watching b/c the playoffs were interesting and then immediately lost interest once the Yankees got in. I think that happened with a lot of people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big McLargeHuge 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 It's '00, '02, and '03... right? Mets/Yanks, SF/Monkey, Yanks/Fish? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 27, 2003 The Fact baseball is in a severe decline thanks to Football and Nascar taking a good chuck of the market...along with those three seasons having horrible, horrible market teams (Anaheim, S.Fran, Florida, NY Vs NY) and um...'01 got great ratings (mainly due to Post-911 sentiment) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big McLargeHuge 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Which begs the question: what draws? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Salacious Crumb Report post Posted October 27, 2003 New teams. People don't like a lot of the top teams right now: Yankees: Seen as buying championships and people are just sick of them being in the WS every year. S.F.: Bonds is an asshole and most people don't want to see him win. Anahiem: see Giants Florida: Potential of a Boston/Chicago series was ruined. NY/NY: Who cared in the other 49 states? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the pinjockey 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 East Coast team vs. West Coast team. I think East-East or West-West (such as last year) is a death knell that immediately kills interest in half the country. A new big city team (Dodgers, Cubs, Phillies, Red Sox) that provides the national type attention while not being done to death like the Yankees. And cinderella teams will draw, I believe, but they have been done to death the last few years. It is almost , as if, you can go into the postseason picking a cinderella team to make the WS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Happy Medium 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Of The Series..I watched maybe four innings total. As opposed to the early rounds, when I watched the majority of every game. Meh...maybe I just burnt out by the Cubs not making it..which may be the same thing as millions of others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 The media desevers some of the blame imo. Before the series started it was always we won't be seeing the matchup baseball fans wanted the Cubs and Red Sox. That was true, but they didn't have to harp on the fact the lovable losers weren't playing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Alot of fans were rooting for a Cubs/Red Sox series and seeing neither team enter and have a chance of turning around their fate turned people off. As a Red Sox fan I don't want to watch the Yankees win a 27th fucking title and I could careless about the Marlins as Jeffrey Loria is a horrible owner who will eventually bum fuck the Florida fans. Out of the 8 teams that could have made it into the WS I truly believe they got the worst case scenario Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hogan Made Wrestling 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2003 Frankly, I found the idea of a Yankees vs. Cubs World Series much more interesting than Cubs vs. Red Sox. The drama there is much more intriguing: who wins, the perennial powerhouse that so many people love to hate or the lovable losers that haven't won in a century? David vs. Goliath is more appealing than David vs. less classy David. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
