Friday, July 16, 2010

It Counts, But Nobody Cares

Since 2003 the All-Star game has counted, and the winning league gets home-field advantage. A completely idiotic attempt by Bud Selig to make the game more interesting by instituting a dumb new rule. In that time, the game has seen some of its worst ratings. This year, it hit rock-bottom with a 7.5, the lowest rated All-Star game ever.

Here's breakdown of the ratings over the last 14 years from The Biz of Baseball. I've put the games that "counted" in bold.

'10
Fox
Anaheim
7.5
'09
Fox
St. Louis
8.9
'08
Fox
N.Y.*
8.6
'07
Fox
S.F.
8.4
'06
Fox
Pittsburgh
9.3
'05
Fox
Detroit
8.1
'04
Fox
Houston
8.8
'03
Fox
Chicago
9.5
'02
Fox
Milwaukee
9.5
'01
Fox
Seattle
11.0
'00
NBC
Atlanta
10.1
'99
Fox
Boston
12.0
'98
NBC
Denver
13.3
'97
Fox
Cleveland
11.8

Congrats Bud, not only does your rule suck from a baseball standpoint, but it's not helping the ratings either.

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