ESPN has show the Dodgers at Cardnials both Monday and Wednesday which is surprising as ESPN usually airs a different match up not the same teams on both game nights.
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And LAD will be on Sunday night, too, this week!
But not to worry, the Yankees will return to the ESPN air next Monday.
But not to worry, the Yankees will return to the ESPN air next Monday.
Dodgers are doing pretty good. And ESPN may want to change that come Monday after the Yankees just got swept by the second worst team in baseball the White Sox tonight.
Not a fan of them showing two games from the same series.
I've seen on many occasions over the last few years that ESPN will televise the Monday/Wednesday games of a three-game series between the same teams, especially Yankees-Red Sox. Even with that, I've seen the Tuesday game sometimes picked by MLB Network as well. It's almost always the rivarly games too...Yanks-Red Sox, Giants-Dodgers, Mets-Braves, etc.
With the Braves running away with the NL East and a sure lock for
postseason, I can understand why a network would show them. But
ESPN, being in Bristol, CT, seems to think that the baseball world revolves
around the Yankees, Mets, and Red Sox. What's more, all the national
baseball outlets seem to think it's the '40s, when interest was focused
primarily on the Yankees, (New York) Giants, and (Brooklyn) Dodgers.
For all that, I think that even today, given the history and mystique of
the two teams, the Yankees and the Dodgers would be the best bet for
a high-rated World Series.
Still (and forgive me if you live in New York or Boston but I do live in
Braves country), I get tired of the Yankees and Red Sox virtually every
week on ESPN. I wouldn't want the Braves all the time either, however.
Aren't there other teams that have fans in other parts of the country...
for example, St. Louis?
postseason, I can understand why a network would show them. But
ESPN, being in Bristol, CT, seems to think that the baseball world revolves
around the Yankees, Mets, and Red Sox. What's more, all the national
baseball outlets seem to think it's the '40s, when interest was focused
primarily on the Yankees, (New York) Giants, and (Brooklyn) Dodgers.
For all that, I think that even today, given the history and mystique of
the two teams, the Yankees and the Dodgers would be the best bet for
a high-rated World Series.
Still (and forgive me if you live in New York or Boston but I do live in
Braves country), I get tired of the Yankees and Red Sox virtually every
week on ESPN. I wouldn't want the Braves all the time either, however.
Aren't there other teams that have fans in other parts of the country...
for example, St. Louis?
bpatrick said:
On a national stage they are going to target the biggest teams in the biggest markets. I don't know why people find it so hard to understand why the Yankees/Mets/and Red Sox get so much coverage. It's all about reaching the greatest number of potential viewers - ratings that translate to revenue. There are so many baseball teams that can't even find viewers in their home market, so why would ESPN want them?
ansky212 said:
I think it's more because the national ad agencies are located in NYC, plus the physical location of ESPN and its employees. I can almost guarantee that the Cubs, Dodgers, Cardinals, & Giants have bigger followings nationally than the Mets (The Yankees are a national draw because they're like the Dallas Cowboys - you love 'em or you love to hate 'em). But those teams are not located in Noo Yawk, and most ad folks don't follow anyone but the Yankees and Mets, likely in that order. NBC is also guilty of Noo Yawk-centricity, if not more-so.
The Red Sox get coverage only because of (1) the rivalry with the Yankees, and (2) Bristol CT has fans of both teams. Note that Fox doesn't have the Red Sox love that the Eastern Seaboard Partisans Network has.
bpatrick said:
For the 2013 season so far (including games announced but not yet played), the teams appearing on "Sunday Night Baseball" are:
- Atlanta, Boston, St. Louis (5 appearances each)
- Texas, New York (4 appearances each)
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles (3 appearances each)
- San Fransisco, Detroit, Philadelphia (2 appearances each)
- Houston, Baltimore, Chicago, New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Tampa Bay (1 each)
I leave it to the reader to guess which New York team is which.
KeithE4 said:
I don't entirely agree with this. Again, it's all about the popularity of the teams that drive ratings and ad revenue. The last few World Series have been some of the lowest rated of all time. Guess what, nobody outside of SF or Detroit cares about the Giants or Tigers, thus the low ratings. Same deal with the Rangers-Giants series a few years prior. And these are WORLD SERIES games. If nobody is watching those, who the heck is going to watch a mid-year, regular season game featuring these kinds of teams? If someone wants to see the Royals, Marlins, Astros, etc., that's what the MLB Extra Innings package is for.
I have to say FOX is a lot worse with the Yankees. FOX also just purchased part in YES Network. As for ESPN this week seems to be showing a lot of Dodger games from Mon and Wed to this Sunday.
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