World Series TV Preview: MLB Ratings Fighting Geography, History
“It is designed to break your heart,” A. Bartlett Giamatti famously said of baseball, noting that after the delirium of summer fades, the game “stops and leaves you to…
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Liberty Media Adds Braves’ NL Pennant to 2021 Rebound
It’s a good time to be in Texas if you’re a Liberty Media executive. Liberty CEO Greg Maffei exemplified this feeling in a Twitter photo he posted of himself over the…
Legends of the Fall: World Series Is the Latest Big Sports Showcase to Hit a New Ratings Low
On New Year’s Eve, right before the nonsense with the ball and the song started up, if you were to have leaned over to whisper to your date something to the effect that…
MLB Blames Turner as Dodgers and Rays Await Additional Test Results
ARLINGTON, Texas – Major League Baseball said Wednesday it is opening an investigation into the actions of Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner after he was…
Dodgers Win a Triumph for Guggenheim Just as Baseball’s COVID Bubble Bursts
ARLINGTON, Tex. – Major League Baseball’s COVID-plagued season and World Series ended just as one might have expected—at a neutral site with a positive COVID test. Just…
Dodgers’ World Series Final-Out Baseball Worth $250,000
Before Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes shared in the championship jubilation of handshakes and hugs, he took care of business. Barnes tucked the baseball used…
‘Just Win Tomorrow’: Dodgers’ Six Free Agents Focus Amid Uncertainty
ARLINGTON, Tex. — After Clayton Kershaw pitched his way to a victory for the Dodgers over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the World Series Tuesday night at Globe Life…
Record-Low World Series Ratings Extend TV’s 2020 Slump But Won’t Deflate Ad Pricing
The sports ratings squeeze hasn’t had a quantifiable impact on Fox’s World Series sales, as pricing for ad units in the Tampa Bay Rays-Los Angeles Dodgers scrap are…
MLB Postseason Pitch Counts Continue to Decline Amid Strategy Changes: Data Viz
ARLINGTON, Tex. – When Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash let starter Tyler Glasnow throw a postseason high 112 pitches in Tuesday night’s Game 1 World Series, 8-3, loss…
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Friedman’s Rays to Dodgers Move Follows Kasten’s Winning Trail
ARLINGTON, Tex. – Los Angeles Dodgers president Stan Kasten remembers the day in 2014 when he hired Andrew Friedman away from the Tampa Bay Rays to run baseball…
MLB Fans Return in Texas as Rays Push for First World Series Since 2008
SAN DIEGO—Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker turned on the television Monday night and was excited to see even a limited amount of fans attending the National League…
Turner Extends MLB Deal for $3.75 Billion and Expanded Regular and Postseason Coverage
Three months after Turner Sports first hashed out the terms of its new media-rights deal with Major League Baseball, the seven-year extension is now officially locked…
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