Ratings for this years World Series higher than last year!

[trumad]

So obviously the dumb ass, sour grapes, "Boycott the World Series" isn't working.

http://www.canoe.ca/Television/oct20_baseballratings-ap.html

[Wonk]

1. Which begs the question: Is it due to the quality of play or

are more people simply seeking a mindless escape from their everyday lives?

[trumad]

2. Mindless....ugh

Better than sitting around pretending your reading War and Peace with your pinky in the air!

[Wonk]

8. It takes skill to play baseball. It takes beer to watch it.

;-)

[joeybee12]

3. Um, last year was one of the lowest rated ever...

This is nothing to crow about.

[trumad]

4. Actually there is a lot to crow about

since the sour grapers here on DU swore that this would be the lowest rated ever....

[joeybee12]

5. So it's only LOW and not Lowest, and that's good???

It's a yawn-fest, as most of baseball is these days.

[kanrok]

7. Yep, like being the tallest building in Topeka

My sincere apologies to Topeka.

[HuckleB]

10. Yes, and...

last year's bad showing still outperformed the NBA finals.

[TSIAS]

6. Interesting

The numbers don't look great, but it's better than the predictions of lowest World Series ever. I attribute some of the lower numbers to disillusioned Red Sox and Cubs fans.

[pmbryant]

9. I haven't watched a World Series since 1999 game 3

Which I find very sad because before then, I had watched pretty much every World Series since 1977. (Some more than others.)

I got sick of watching the Yankees win every g*****n year! ;-)

Yeah, I should've watched last year, when the Yankees weren't in it, but inertia had set in and I didn't care any more. I wasn't familiar with either team, since I hadn't followed baseball in almost 3 years.

:shrug:

Someday I'll care again about the World Series, but it's not this year. The good thing about the Cubs' success this year is that I will probably start caring about the regular season again starting next year.

:thumbsup:

--Peter