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Who FOX Wants In World Series

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We knew this one New York and Philadelphia is possible what FOX wants as they are the two highest markets who has teams in the playoffs. But would they settle if Texas Rangers or San Fransico Giants were in it? With Philly and NY those are the two top markets teams currently in the playoffs. Then next are Dallas and Houston and San Fran markets.

Also about ALCS and NLCS, surprise FOX isn't carrying both and surprise they are showing the NLCS instead of ALCS.
 
Ken said:
We knew this one New York and Philadelphia is possible what FOX wants as they are the two highest markets who has teams in the playoffs. But would they settle if Texas Rangers or San Fransico Giants were in it? With Philly and NY those are the two top markets teams currently in the playoffs. Then next are Dallas and Houston and San Fran markets.
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Basically, anyone but Texas. They may be in the #5 TV market, but nobody outside of DFW cares about them. And if the Cowboys weren't in the toilet, I don't know if even they would care. Texas is football country.

Also about ALCS and NLCS, surprise FOX isn't carrying both and surprise they are showing the NLCS instead of ALCS.
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I think they alternate. Next year Fox will have the ALCS and TBS will have the NLCS. The NLCS has been the better series anyway.
 
Fox's wish list:

Yankees.
Red Sox.
Everyone else.

Heck, they'd really like special dispensation from MLB so that NYY and BOS
play each other in the World Series every year. :D
 
It doesn't really matter how big the TV markets are. The Yankees and Red Sox have a huge national following, so they pull in big ratings. Then you also have the Yankee haters that will tune in hoping to see the Yankees lose. So the Yankees will always draw the largest audience. But in terms of Texas and San Fran, even though they are large TV markets, nobody outside of those two regions care about the teams, so the ratings will suffer. I'm a Yankee fan, and I rarely care to watch any WS games if the Yankees are not in it.
 
I think the matchup Fox wants is either the Giants vs. Yankees or the Rangers vs. Phillies, simply because New York and Philadelphia both kicked tail throughout the regular season and either matchup would be a 'David and Goliath' thing for them.
 
ansky212 said:
It doesn't really matter how big the TV markets are. The Yankees and Red Sox have a huge national following, so they pull in big ratings.
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The Yankees and Cubs have national followings. The former because they are the Yankees, and the latter because of WGN. The Red Sox have a huge regional following. They get national attention not because there is a huge "Red Sox Nation" outside of New England (sorry, Red Sox fans, there isn't), but mainly because of their rivalry with the Yankees and the obsession of all things northeastern by Epstein's & Steinbrenner's Personal Network. I've never gotten the impression that Fox is as nuts about the Red Sox as ESPN is. They seem to care more about the Dodgers and Cubs than the Red Sox.

Then you also have the Yankee haters that will tune in hoping to see the Yankees lose.
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That's every baseball fan outside of, or who's not from, New York and northern New Jersey. ;D

So the Yankees will always draw the largest audience. But in terms of Texas and San Fran, even though they are large TV markets, nobody outside of those two regions care about the teams, so the ratings will suffer.
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I'm not sure that people in those regions care as much about their baseball teams as their football teams - even though the Cowboys and 49ers are stinking up the NFL this year.

I'm a Yankee fan, and I rarely care to watch any WS games if the Yankees are not in it.
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The rest of the country likes it a whole lot more if the Yankees are not in it, but we watch anyway. But national advertisers' priorities are New York, New York and New York - in that order. That's what makes money for the networks.
 
What will really be interesting is that when New York and Philadelphia both force a Game 7 in their respective series, how much pressure will be on Cablevision to agree to whatever money Fox demands.

And note that I wrote "when" both teams force a Game 7 and not "if." It's all about the advertising Benjamins with Commissioner Selig in charge! ;) And that's exactly the stance I take when I watch not one, but two teams conveniently lose 3-1 leads in their series.
 
DToTheJ said:
What will really be interesting is that when New York and Philadelphia both force a Game 7 in their respective series, how much pressure will be on Cablevision to agree to whatever money Fox demands.
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The Yankees-Rangers series is on TBS. I don't think they're affected by the Cablevision/Dish/Fox pi**ing contests. And Philly viewers should buy one of those new-fangled Tee-Vee antenny thingies so they can watch their game on Fox.

And note that I wrote "when" both teams force a Game 7 and not "if." It's all about the advertising Benjamins with Commissioner Selig in charge! ;) And that's exactly the stance I take when I watch not one, but two teams conveniently lose 3-1 leads in their series.
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You have to admit, though, that the NLCS has been one of the best playoff series' in recent memory.
 
Given the drug problems the Rangers have had in the past, I think if they make it Fox will try the "feel good story" spin with them.
 
here we are 10 months later and phillies fans want revenge on the yankees

remember it was just 10 months ago the yankees won
 
Any network carrying the World Series would want a coast to coast series, SF vs NY, the further apart the teams, the more interest it seems to conjure nationally.

When it was SF/Oak, ratings were down
NY/BOS ratings mediocre, west coast didn't care
NY/LA Ratings were higher
SF/LAA Ratings were down, on late east coast didn't care
 
I've been a Yankees fan since 1981 and my older brother goes back with them even further. Silently, we all know FOX would want nothing other than a rematch of last year's World Series. The story around Texas' Josh Hamilton is nothing short of amazing, when you consider all the crap he's gone through. If Texas pulls it out against my Yankees tonight, it would be their first American League pennant and first visit to the championship in the entire franchise's history. If it ends up being Texas vs San Francisco, I highly doubt I'd end up watching (much like 2002 when San Francisco lost to Anaheim).

As for the TV deal, it's on a rotation. The 2011 ALCS will be on FOX and TBS gets the 2011 NLCS. The National League gets home field this year for the World Series (games 1, 2, 6 and 7).
 
Very simple answer....Phillies and Yankees.That equals more viewers and more $$$$ from advertising.

Rangers and Giants would be what the true fan of baseball would want.Two teams who in their current cities has never who a WS.

A Giants and Yankees series we would see the old story line about how these two teams where both in NY and how the Giants left for the West Coast.

I personally would like Giants-Rangers.Even though I live near SF I would have to root for the Rangers since I am an AL guy(A's) and would like to see Ron Washington win it all.Just wish he would have been the A's manager all these years.
 
It's funny this topic has come up what with the NYY's being eliminated tonight. Nightmare for Fox, for sure. But a possible SF vs. Texas World Series won't be the end of the world...just the brink of the end of the world.
 
A SF vs. Texas World Series means awful east coast ratings. Who east of Texas will even watch? Phillies vs Texas will present a similar issue west of Texas, but atleast the east coast is more populated.

Obviously Fox would've preferred in this order.
1. Yankees / Phillies
2. Yankees / Giants
3. Phillies / Rangers
4. Giants / Rangers
 
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