stever20 wrote:Also to show what I was saying about Toronto not helping....
look at tomorrow's schedule...
Toronto/Texas is the 330pm game. The prime time game is Houston/Kansas City.
Given that Texas is #5 market, wouldn't they have wanted that one on in prime time? No, because Toronto doesn't help US TV ratings.
stever20 wrote:Fox gets to choose the game times in a situation like tomorrow. Fox wanted KC/Houston more than Toronto/Texas because they don't get to count Canada. Doesn't have anything to do about who the #1 seed is. The NY/LA game on Friday is at 9:30 et because LA is the only western team hosting a playoff game.
Face it- you are the ONLY one who thinks the teams in the playoffs for the AL and NL aren't just equal- but even close to equal.
What did I say in the first post on this? Fox caught a bad break.
stever20 wrote:Now that's a first I've ever heard- Tampa having great TV interest. That's comical. I don't know what planet you are on, but Tampa is hardly a baseball bastion. What would be great for the AL frankly is Yankees/Red Sox being good again. That's the big difference. The big boys in the NL are doing really well- first time in 9 years that LA/NY in the playoffs the same year- and never have LA, NY, and Chicago been there in the same year.
AL outscored NL 4.39 per team per game to 4.11. Not that big of a difference at all.
also ratings for one league don't automatically transfer to the other league at all. They sure as hell don't translate like you say.
billyjack wrote:stever20 wrote:Now that's a first I've ever heard- Tampa having great TV interest. That's comical. I don't know what planet you are on, but Tampa is hardly a baseball bastion. What would be great for the AL frankly is Yankees/Red Sox being good again. That's the big difference. The big boys in the NL are doing really well- first time in 9 years that LA/NY in the playoffs the same year- and never have LA, NY, and Chicago been there in the same year.
AL outscored NL 4.39 per team per game to 4.11. Not that big of a difference at all.
also ratings for one league don't automatically transfer to the other league at all. They sure as hell don't translate like you say.
Exactly, Tampa and Oakland are considered to be a small market teams. Much more so than Texas and Houston. Yet Tampa and Oakland have been perennial playoff contenders over the last 5-10-15 years, and ratings were still good. Kansas City has a likeable team, and gets better attendance than both TB and Oakland.
So what's your point in all this? The AL playoffs will get around the same amount of viewership as typical, or a little less because the Red Sox, Yankees and Angels are out of it. But like the NBA, fans often watch to see the specific athletes as much as to see the specific teams.
Also, 4.39 to 4.11 is a huge difference. It's a quarter of a run per team per game. What's that, 500 more runs a year in the American League? Plus subtract out the 81 games played at Coors. Without Denver the NL would probably be under 4. 11% of an NL batting order is filled by a pitcher who hits .082, or a sucky pinch hitter like John Mabry. Zzzzzzz.
stever20 wrote:Now that's a first I've ever heard- Tampa having great TV interest. That's comical. I don't know what planet you are on, but Tampa is hardly a baseball bastion. What would be great for the AL frankly is Yankees/Red Sox being good again. That's the big difference. The big boys in the NL are doing really well- first time in 9 years that LA/NY in the playoffs the same year- and never have LA, NY, and Chicago been there in the same year.
AL outscored NL 4.39 per team per game to 4.11. Not that big of a difference at all.
also ratings for one league don't automatically transfer to the other league at all. They sure as hell don't translate like you say.
stever20 wrote:the point in all of this is like what was said even by others-
MU Panther:
Mets/Dodgers and Cardinals and maybe Cubs. TBS hit the jackpot!
Jet 915:
I agree, Houston, KC, Toronto and Texas is quite possibly the worst 4 teams u could come up with ratings wise...
They're reasonable people, and they are saying exactly what I'm saying.
Only you and Redman seem to agree.
Oh, and what the hell does attendance have to do with national TV ratings?
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