2023 MLB Season (1 Viewer)

[bmasters9]

Texas is 3-1 up-- one more, and it'll be the first title for 'em.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Texas is 3-1 up-- one more, and it'll be the first title for 'em.

Now comes the hard part to close out the series.

 

[bmasters9]

Now comes the hard part to close out the series.

I'd hate to see 'em choke it!

 

[MartinP.]

¡No descartes a esas Serpientés, yo no lo haría!

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Definitely didn't like dem Snakes committing so early to giving up that 1st out of their 3rd inning via a sac bunt by their #3 bat just to move Carroll (their fastest guy) and Marte (another speedy guy) up a base while Eovaldi hasn't even shown himself to be super sharp nor unhittable at all so far...

They probably shoulda at least let Moreno get a strike first and/or at least fake a double-steal (given their speed and Eovaldi being a righty), if not actually go for it, before settling for the sac bunt, if at all...

So... you got Carroll and Marte on w/ no outs, but neither scores despite (or possibly partly because of) the immediate sac bunt by Moreno...

_Man_

 

[Malcolm R]

Congrats Rangers!

Once again, a home team cannot win at home. D'backs gave up all 3 in AZ.

 

[Walter Kittel]

Congratulations to the Rangers and their fans.

- Walter.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I bet the TV ratings are among the lowest in history.

 

[TonyD]

This was before tonight’s game

 

[David Norman]

Weird coincidence --
Nov 1, 2010 SF beats Texas in G5 of WS Winning Manager Bruce Bochy
Nov 1, 2023 Texas beats Arizona in G5 of WS Winning Manager Bruce Bochy

Just noticed I had a distant relative that played for Texas that year and had a very good series. I didn't think he had gotten to the majors until the next year.

 

[bmasters9]

I wonder what today's Dallas Morning News front page will be like.

 

[MartinP.]

I wonder what today's Dallas Morning News front page will be like.

 

[MartinP.]

This was before tonight’s game

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I thought T&A might be a ratings boost.

 

[bmasters9]

Great front page shots!

 

[MartinP.]

It's official:

Rangers-D-backs least-watched Fall Classic ever

Nielsen and Fox said Thursday the World Series averaged 9.11 million viewers, less than the 9.79 million average from the 2020 series.

www.espn.com

Of note:

The Rangers 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks for their first championship on Wednesday night drew the largest audience of this World Series. However, it was not enough to prevent the five-game series from being the least-watched Fall Classic in recorded TV history. Nielsen and Fox said Thursday the World Series averaged 9.11 million viewers. It was a 23% decline from last year's series. Wednesday night's game averaged 11.48 million on Fox, a jump of 3 million compared to Tuesday night's audience. (Well, Tuesday was Halloween night.)

A retired president of Fox Sports Networks who runs his own consulting group, also saw scheduling and a short series as factors in the low audience numbers. "I think the Friday night start probably is something baseball might want to look at. It is usually the poorest-viewed night of the week. Then you had a couple games that were blowouts where people probably tuned out early," he said. "Whenever there's a chance for somebody to clinch, the numbers are usually high."

The World Series also continues to outperform every entertainment program. This was the eighth straight year that has happened.

 

[t1g3r5fan]

The ballot for the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee was announced during the playoffs with the results to be announced next month. This year's candidates for Hall of Fame induction - covering the achievements of managers, executives and umpires from 1980 to today - are:

Cito Gaston (manager; Toronto Blue Jays)
Davey Johnson (manager; New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers & Washington Nationals)
Jim Leyland (manager; Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins, Colorado Rockies & Detroit Tigers)
Ed Montague (umpire)
Hank Peters (executive)
Lou Piniella (manager; New York Yankees, Reds, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays & Chicago Cubs)
Joe West (umpire; holds record for most games called in history)
Bill White (executive; former All-Star 1B in 1950's and 1960's)

 

[Lord Dalek]

It's official:

Rangers-D-backs least-watched Fall Classic ever

Nielsen and Fox said Thursday the World Series averaged 9.11 million viewers, less than the 9.79 million average from the 2020 series.

www.espn.com

Of note:

The Rangers 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks for their first championship on Wednesday night drew the largest audience of this World Series. However, it was not enough to prevent the five-game series from being the least-watched Fall Classic in recorded TV history. Nielsen and Fox said Thursday the World Series averaged 9.11 million viewers. It was a 23% decline from last year's series. Wednesday night's game averaged 11.48 million on Fox, a jump of 3 million compared to Tuesday night's audience. (Well, Tuesday was Halloween night.)

A retired president of Fox Sports Networks who runs his own consulting group, also saw scheduling and a short series as factors in the low audience numbers. "I think the Friday night start probably is something baseball might want to look at. It is usually the poorest-viewed night of the week. Then you had a couple games that were blowouts where people probably tuned out early," he said. "Whenever there's a chance for somebody to clinch, the numbers are usually high."

The World Series also continues to outperform every entertainment program. This was the eighth straight year that has happened.

Low ratings are just baked in for the World Series at this point (2016 and the Cubs not withstanding). Even the myth of big media markets mean high ratings was smashed when Boston LA laid a goose egg five years ago.

 

[bmasters9]

Low ratings are just baked in for the World Series at this point (2016 and the Cubs not withstanding). Even the myth of big media markets mean high ratings was smashed when Boston LA laid a goose egg five years ago.

So basically, the Series is going to be low-rated no matter who plays in it in a given year?

 

[Robert Crawford]

So basically, the Series is going to be low-rated no matter who plays in it in a given year?

I don't think so, at least not to the extremes of this year's WS.

 

[Lord Dalek]

So basically, the Series is going to be low-rated no matter who plays in it in a given year?

Usually the only games the crack 20m are Game 7s (hence the spike for 2017 in that chart). Blow outs and Gentleman's sweeps don't fare well.