All-Star Game ratings worst ever
Think Strasburg might have helped a little bit? I used to think baseball could survive the idiots that ran it and the paste-eaters that want to keep it traditional. Now, I'm not so sure.
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I doubt that many people would have tuned into to see Strasbourg. Strasbourg is something the serious baseball fan who is already watching would care about. My friends who aren’t huge baseball fans wouldn’t have been watching even if Strasbourg was in the game.
I think you're wrong, although I live in the DC metro area.
If Strasburg had been in it, it would have generated a ton of buz in DC. As it was, Capp get the win and it was like it never happened. The day after the game they were talking about Strasburg, like the all-star game never happened.
Agreed.
Strasburg has rock-star qualities. Non-baseball fans are talking about him. His presence would have brought some more casual viewers.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I think it's possible it would have brought viewers.
Everyone with ESPN on was forced to watch or hear about him. He does have recognition with casual fans as a result. And a 100 mph fast ball will attract viewers that normally don’t care about the game.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 15, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Remember 19-year old Dwight Gooden's first appearance?
Strasburg striking out three batters in one quick inning would have held the same type of interest for both casual and everyday fans.
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Yeah.
Few remember him or how dominant he was at such a young age.
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by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 16, 2010 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I think the Strasbourg buzz has died down quite a bit
And I don’t think it really ever had that much life outside of baseball circles. Water cooler talk about World Cup and LeBron has far dominated any buzz that Strasbourg has had this year.
so we should have made the ASG
between the World Cups winner and LeBron
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"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
So instead of being the worst, they would have been the second worst ever?
If Strasburg would have played? YIPPEE!
You don't think Strasburg being announced weeks ago wouldn't have built more buzz?
LeBron’s abomination of a special drew a higher rating.
The NBA has caught and passed baseball and international soccer has now appeared in the rear view mirror.
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enough to get "good" ratings?
No. No I don’t
Lebron’s abomination of a specal drew a higher rating because he’s Lebron. Strasburg is certainly hyped, but he isn’t Lebron levels of notoriety yet.
by HuskerCorner on Jul 16, 2010 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions
No, he's not.
But it still would have helped ratings.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Strasburg would have been announced weeks ago...
Giving it a chance to build.
THE FREAKING PRO BOWL did better than the All-Star Game.
Think about that: An exhibition held after the season did better than a game that has stakes — stupid stakes, but stakes — in mid-season.
The Pro Bowl competes with the run-up to the baseball season, the NBA trade deadline and the run-up to conference tournaments in college basketball. It is held in February, when real TVshows are on.
The All-Star Game competes with NOTHING.
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What were the NBA All-Star ratings this year?
I think interest in all-star games in general has waned because of the proliferation of sports on cable. It used to be one of the best ways to watch guys that weren’t in your city or in your league. Now you can do that almost any night of the week. Also, baseball is a very local sport. There isn’t much national buzz for baseball, but when a given city’s team is good, there is plenty of buzz.
What does that matter?
If Selig hadn’t screwed up the game perhaps I’d care a little more…but regardless MLB is making lots of money and I could care less if it gets a point or two higher in the ratings or not.
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by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 16, 2010 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
in your house it certainly would have
but it would not have made the game a ratings winner as you are trying to say.
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by lookingdeadred on Jul 16, 2010 8:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah that's my feeling about it.
I agree with Worf that it would have helped ratings…but how much. Anyone tuning in to watch him would figure out when he pitched and leave. I thought Manuel was right to think that 5 appearances shouldn’t merit playing.
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by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 16, 2010 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Is baseball worse because its TV ratings are low?
I never understand discussion of TV ratings and movie tickets sold. I neither buy nor sell advertsing, so that really doesnt matter to me.
If TV ratings go down, what does that mean to the average fan?
It didnt help that the game started 50 minutes after FOX went on the air.
Steve Swisher - 1976 NL All-Star Catcher
Less sponsor interest. Money losses for networks
Networks demand changes in product, goofier start times, jacking around the game.
And it just overall hurts.
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Need something for the pain?
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by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 15, 2010 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
The Purple Drank seemed appropriate.
boop-boop-e-doop.
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by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 15, 2010 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Please: jack around the game
Put the do gooders’ parade and the cast of Glee in the 630-700p time slot, introduce the players at 700p, and first pitch by 715.
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by Dan Serafini on Jul 16, 2010 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I should have realized this was coming.
Worf’s crusade for STRASBURG!
You may have a position coming with ESPN shortly.
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by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 15, 2010 4:07 PM CDT reply actions
Everything Strasburg and Pujols Network
I'll go to my grave believing Armando Galarraga tossed the 21st perfect game in MLB history.
Imagine the ESPN hype if Strasburg played for the Yankees
all Strasburg all the time … worf would wet himself
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by lookingdeadred on Jul 16, 2010 8:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Best young pitcher to come along in years
and best player in the game.
Yeah… they don’t deserve any coverage. How dare those bastards not cover the third-place NL Central team more!!!!
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Nice try to twist his words.
Homie ain’t playing that!
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by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 16, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
ONE of the best players in the game, I would say
But if we’re talking only pitchers, no doubt he’s the best young one going today.
I'll go to my grave believing Armando Galarraga tossed the 21st perfect game in MLB history.
I'm gonna ignore this:
and best player in the game.
because I respect you too much and your pie preferences. But this is a stupid thing to say.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Pujols is the best player in the game
I will listen to arguments about Mauer.
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TNT Has Game
I wish the NBA All-Star Game was on ABC. More fans could see the game on broadcast TV. IMO, the NBA is in worse financial shape than MLB. There are more franchises losing money with no chance of competing in the NBA than there are in MLB.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
That's where I think ESPN has hurt the league.
They only care about LA, Boston and now Miami. When you say repeatedly the rest of the league doesn’t have a chance and is pretty much irrelevant, it gives casual fans that get past the thug antics displayed by some players little reason to watch unless they happen to live in those three cities.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 15, 2010 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Chances of Winning A Championship
The majority of basketball fans in Memphis will tell you that the University of Memphis has a better chance of winning the national championship in college basketball than the Grizzlies have of winning the NBA championship. Keep in mind, there are well over 300 division 1 basketball schools and only 30 NBA teams.
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TNT is awesome.
Their analysts are often more fun than watching the game itself. I tune into those games when I can to watch the analysts, and their broadcasters aren’t bad either.
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by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 15, 2010 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions
TNT Is Good
I like the TNT crew. I just think the All-Star game should be on ABC because it’s a broadcast TV outlet.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
Agreed.
Your point is right but I still would say TNT would have been better to watch than Fox.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 15, 2010 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Immediate counter-point
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
ugh.
Thankfully his suits are not on as often as Ernie, Charles and Kenny. Those guys are priceless. Great analysis and very much able to laugh at themselves. Someday the neat-o-stat of the night will be sponsored I think.
"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves." - Da Coach
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 15, 2010 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions
While the MLB All Star game is not what it used to be
it is still a far better game than the Pro Bowl, NBA game and the NHL game, all of which are jokes.
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
by lookingdeadred on Jul 16, 2010 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, because this one counts!
(I personally like the NHL all star game better than the other 3)
Because it's the NFL
You could put replacement players out there and it would sell as long as the NFL logo is on it. I’m convinced the NFL could make a fortune selling toilet paper as long as they had the NFL logo printed on every strip.
RIP Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010).
TO has been wiping his butt with it for years.
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by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 16, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
And because they changed when they played it
The Pro Bowl never used to draw any viewers because they aired it a week after the Super Bowl. Y’know – when nobody cares about football any more. They switched it this year to the week between the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl, and guess what happened? People were still interested in football, so they still watched a football game. Weird, right?
Way to control for external factors in your stunning analysis, Worf.
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
i do as well
and i enjoy the NHL skills challange more than the ASG or the HR Derby in baseball
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I skipped it
I have watched maybe 6 innings in the last 5 years.
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by Madison Cub Fan on Jul 15, 2010 5:23 PM CDT reply actions
Starting the actual GAME before 9PM EDT would have helped more
How many people tuned in at 8, saw all the pregame BS in full flow, said “I have to work tomorrow” and shut the game off? No point just watching the first few innings and no point staying up till midnight watching an exhibition game.
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