Assuming Cleveland wins now, will Cleveland vs. Colorado be the lowest rated (TV ratings) World Series ever?

Answer 1

The problem is that they really don't push it. The Superbowl gets excessive amounts of ad time a month prior to the event, plus they have popular people in their halftime show.

In baseball, the powers that be only target baseball fans. What they don't understand is that in football even people who don't like the sport at all watch the Superbowl because the marketing has made it into a social event.

What needs to happen is that whoever is in charge of planning the PR for baseball needs to be fired and they need to get some fresh ideas flowing.

Answer 2

I don't know if that will happen but I know the markets are not to happy about the possibility of a Rockies Indians world series...Just like the 1999 Subway series Yankees vs Mets that did not get such great ratings outside the tri-state area!!

NEW YORK -- The Chicago White Sox's first world championship in 88 years was also the lowest-rated World Series ever.

Chicago's four-game sweep of the Houston Astros averaged an 11.1 national rating with a 19 share on Fox. That's down about 7 percent from the previous low, an 11.9 with a 20 share for the 2002 World Series between the Anaheim Angels and the San Francisco Giants.

While the 2002 World Series, which went seven games, rated higher overall, it was only averaging an 11.0 through four games.

This year was a drop of almost 30 percent from last year's series, in which the Boston Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals for their first title in 86 years. That had a 15.8 rating with a 25 share.

Wednesday night's 1-0 Chicago win had a 13.0 preliminary national rating with a 21 share. It was the highest-rated prime-time show on Fox since the final of "American Idol" in May, but still not enough to save the series from being the lowest-rated.

Despite rating so low in comparison to other World Series, the four games of this series were each the highest rated prime-time network programs on their respective nights.

Answer 3

" It is unbelievable to me that two teams in the world series, if the Indians make it, drew more fans on the road than at their own home park during the season."
Let me address this first:
1) Cuyahoga County is economically decimated and has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. The disposable income is not there for many Clevelanders.
2) The Indians themselves said that they lost out on many sales in their home park this year due to incredibly inclimate weather in the months of April and May. This led to many people staying away and to the Indians having to play "home games" in Seattle and Milwaukee. Do you know any other team in MLB whose team or fans had to endure this?
3) The Indians set attendance goals and probably made it. If they did not, the postseason certainly pushed it over.
4) The Indians fans, Cleveland fans as a whole, have been set up for heartbreak time and time again. Get your hand burned one too many times and you get rather shy about approaching that stove, eh?
5) Tom Hamilton, radio voice of the Cleveland Indians, remarked that he could not wait to return to Cleveland because the environment at Jacobs Field was electrifying, not so in Boston where he said they seemed almost bored, like they just will wait to get excited when they get to the World Series, that the ALCS is just sort of a pit stop on to the World Series for them.

As for the ratings, who cares? ESPN is still foaming at the mouth about Torre and the NYY.

While baseball may share some of the culpability of the low ratings, the media can assume the lions share of the blame.

If ESPN were trumpeting the heroics of the Rockies and the amazing season of the young Indians and educating the public about these players that very few outside of their fans know, then maybe outside markets would get excited, too. So - the media is not all that fazed by the low ratings or they would be doing more to excite people about the so-called less marketable teams.

Finally - chew on this: when the Indians were considered a powerhouse in the 90's, their merchandise was in the top 5 bestsellers in the WORLD. I believe they were only behind NY in selling power. Chomp on that one for a moment before assuming Cleveland has no support of its fans.

Answer 4

If not the lowest it will be very close all to the dismay of MLB. Both are low payroll teams with the Rockies at $54 million and the Indians at $61 million, and both have marginal support from their fans with the Rockies ranking 19th out of 30 teams and the Indians ranking 21st out of 30 teams. It is unbelievable to me that two teams in the world series, if the Indians make it, drew more fans on the road than at their own home park during the season. I don't know if anyone keeps stats like that but I would find it hard to believe that has ever occurred too many times in the past. There are about ten MLB teams that are a big draw and would create a large amount of fan interest if they were playing in the world series, and these two teams are not on that list.

Answer 5

A lot of people are comparing the WS to the SB but that's like comparing an orange to a bushel of apples. You just don't wanna sit there and compare 20 apples. The SB is ONE game whereas the WS goes on for a minimum of 4 games spread over 5-6 days. That's just waaaay too much time to hype up an event.

Answer 6

No... nothing could ever get under the Mets / Yankees series.

There is actually a lot of interest on the part of both the Rockies and Indians. Rockies have never even been there and the Tribe hasn't won it in quite a while.

Answer 7

If you want to see low ratings, research the 2005 World Series of White Sox vs. Astros. However, it doesn't matter. If people choose not to watch because Boston or New York isn't involved, they're not true fans of baseball. I watch regardless.

Answer 8

ill watch and be rooting for the rockies, but you are probably right. the AZ v COL series was the lowest rated NLCS ever. its too bad cuz every one will miss out on the rockies ridiculous hot streak. it will be over quick though. Rockies in 4!!!!

Answer 9

If you like baseball, you will watch regardless of the teams.

If you need a specific team in there, you aren't a baseball fan. In fact, you probably articifically raise the ratings in other years.

If you are the fairweather fan, we don't need you.


Indians in 5 over the Rockies.

Answer 10

you are obviously not from cleveland

theres a lot of us up here and we'll ALL be watching it

itll be in our hospitals and bars

cop stations and prisons

homes and watched by homeless people in t.v. stores.

its the only thing we can all agree on in cleveland...GO TRIBE!




oh yea, the rockies...yea colorodo will be watching too, and guys like the one "fairweather" fan above. all 9 of you (no offense, really!)