Yankees 40, Giants 14

[KeithE4]

At least in NYC, where those numbers reflect the share of TV homes tuned into each game.

The Yankees/Angels game on Fox had a 26.4 rating and 40 share, while the Giants/Cards game on NBC had an 9.3 rating and 14 share. Nationally (in the 56 overnight-rated markets), baseball beat football, thanks to New York. Outside of NYC, football won the night 10.5 to 9.8.

Link: Newsday.com

 

[searadiofreak]

Regular season game vs. World Series possibility. Not surprising in the least. A better comparison would be a Yankee-Baltimore game in June and this mostly unimportant NFL game.

 

[bpatrick]

The Greensboro News & Record had a small item
on its sports pages yesterday; the way it read,
you'd think those numbers were national overnights,
rather than NYC only. I don't know that I'm too
surprised that the Yankees game would do better
than the Giants game in New York, despite the
Giants' record.

 

[arnoldevns]

Generally speaking I'm sure the Giants have a higher rating for a regular season game than the Yankees do. The fact that the Yankees were in a playoff game running directly opposite a Giants regular season game would tend to skew any fair comparison.

 

[DToTheJ]

Giants normally do well in primetime against the Yankees when also playing in primetime on ESPN2...

 

[bpatrick]

Generally speaking I'm sure the Giants have a higher rating for a regular season game than the Yankees do. The fact that the Yankees were in a playoff game running directly opposite a Giants regular season game would tend to skew any fair comparison.

That's no doubt true, and I'd bet the World Series on Fox
is beating everything against it in NYC.