Lame Monday night game beats classic ALCS game in ratings

[WoodysGirl]

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on October 19, 2010 10:37 AM ET

It's almost like the NFL scheduled the Jaguars and Titans on Monday night just to rub it in Major League Baseball's face.

Despite a 30-3 final score and a matchup of teams in low-rated markets, Monday Night Football still got better ratings than Game Three of the American Championship League Series between the Yankees (top television market) and Rangers (fifth-rated market.)

The final ratings (7.2-6.5) was a lot closer than the football score. Both games were on cable, which kept the playing field even.


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[GimmeTheBall!]

Further proof that Major Leak Baseball is America's past time.
I mean, naptime.

 

[texbumthelife]

I could have something to do with the fact that Cliff Lee was spotted a two-run lead in the first inning which essentially ended the game.

I would watch women's tennis over Tennessee - Jacksonville. If Jack Del Rio and/or John Fox make it through the season with jobs I will be shocked and amazed.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Baseball is boring to those that do not understand it.

I didn't watch either game but would have watched baseball over that game too.

And, I love the game of baseball.

 

[LucaBrasi]

I thoroughly enjoyed the baseball game and I'm not a fan of either team, although I hate the Yankees.

The football game was unwatchable.

 

[Ren]

It's all about Baseball for me now, never been as excited about the sport as i am now with the Rangers 2 game away from the world series. What they're doing this year has gone a long way to easy the pain of the Cowboys pathetic season

 

[burmafrd]

Reality is that football is this nations pass time now. Any kind of football has an edge over any other sport on TV.

 

[zack]

Baseball is lame, boring and ratings continue to prove it. Time to slash the season in half to make it more interesting. Way too many games, same teams in the playoffs, etc...:laugh2:

 

[Doomsay]

It's all about Baseball for me now, never been as excited about the sport as i am now with the Rangers 2 game away from the world series. What they're doing this year has gone a long way to easy the pain of the Cowboys pathetic season

Being a Yankee fan, this series has actually increased my sports pain index. Rangers do look really good though, Lee is amazing :bang2:.

 

[mldardy]

I could have something to do with the fact that Cliff Lee was spotted a two-run lead in the first inning which essentially ended the game.

I would watch women's tennis over Tennessee - Jacksonville. If Jack Del Rio and/or John Fox make it through the season with jobs I will be shocked and amazed.

I doubt it. a two run lead in the 1st inning against the Yankees is not going to have people giving up on the game. It's just that baseball is such a boring sport to watch(even though I still love the game) and there are so many other choices on TV nowadays that no one cares about baseball anymore.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I'm a huge baseball fan (Go Rangers!), but football is just a better sport. Baseball can be fun and exciting, but it's nothing compared to a great football grudge match.

 

[DWhite Fan]

Being a Yankee fan, this series has actually increased my sports pain index. Rangers do look really good though, Lee is amazing :bang2:.

I am a Rangers fan bigtime.
I would like to say I feel you pain, but, HEE HEE HEE!!!!

 

[SDCowboy]

Doesn't surprise me. Baseball is almost completely dead in this country. It's amazing the regular season games are still televised considering how bad post-season ratings are.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Proof that a lousy football game is better than a great baseball game.

 

[Patton]

Baseball is boring to those that do not understand it.

I didn't watch either game but would have watched baseball over that game too.

And, I love the game of baseball.

I just read a tweet that summarized why the baseball game didn't do well perfectly. Baseball fans are more inclined to watch their own teams whereas football fans will just watch a football game. I like baseball nearly as much as football, but mainly I like to watch my own team.

 

[SDCowboy]

Baseball is boring to those that do not understand it.

Don't bring the old soccer argument into this. Everyone in America understands baseball. :laugh2:

 

[Patton]

Being a Yankee fan, this series has actually increased my sports pain index. Rangers do look really good though, Lee is amazing :bang2:.

Don't fret too much. Lee will be on your team next year. :laugh2:

 

[TNCowboy]

Jeff Fisher claimed ESPN requested they take timeouts at the end of the game. The presumption is to keep people tuned into the football game instead of switching over to see Cliff Lee's brilliance.

 

[SDCowboy]

Jeff Fisher claimed ESPN requested they take timeouts at the end of the game. The presumption is to keep people tuned into the football game instead of switching over to see Cliff Lee's brilliance.

The MNF game was a blowout. If anyone cared at all about the baseball game, they would have just switched.

 

[Patton]

The MNF game was a blowout. If anyone cared at all about the baseball game, they would have just switched.

Could've been argued that the baseball game was a blowout too. Cliff Lee had two runs to work with to start the game off. Against an ace, that's a big hole to climb out of.