MLB expanded postseason killed the sport

[NYShoreGuy]

No one watched this world series.

Bochy great leader now 1 of 5 to win as manager with multiple teams and first ever to defeat a team in world series that he later won a world series with

Chris young 1 of 3 to win world series as player and GM

 

[hinson32]

Baseball set attendance records this year and teams had mostly great ratings locally this season as well. It seems as baseball is now a local sport. Fans will watch their favorite teams, but not others. I don't know if that can be fixed. I still love baseball and watch the post season, but realize I am in the minority.

 

[HALL85]

Baseball set attendance records this year and teams had mostly great ratings locally this season as well. It seems as baseball is now a local sport. Fans will watch their favorite teams, but not others. I don't know if that can be fixed. I still love baseball and watch the post season, but realize I am in the minority.

Agree…a western centric WS has a negative impact, and difference with a sport like the NBA, you don’t have a dominant player that is making plays at a greater rate and always featured at the end of games. Baseball star is limited to four at-bats and few plays in the field.

 

[hallstorm]

The irony that before last night, 4 of the 6 MLB teams to not win a World Series are more or less west coast teams (San Diego, Colorado, Texas, Seattle).

I think the more west coast teams win, the low ratings will get better.

But baseball couldn't care less about low ratings. The sport makes tons of dough anyhow.

 

[Seton75]

I forgot the game was on last night. Mike Corleone was hitting some out of the park on Showtime.

 

[shu09]

Baseball set attendance records this year and teams had mostly great ratings locally this season as well. It seems as baseball is now a local sport. Fans will watch their favorite teams, but not others. I don't know if that can be fixed. I still love baseball and watch the post season, but realize I am in the minority.

I watched most of the playoff games and enjoyed them. Playoff baseball is different and still special. That said, I don't watch much of the regular season, though will tune in every now and then.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

I watched more of the WS this season than the last few. Was cool to see a few new and surprising teams

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Baseball set attendance records this year and teams had mostly great ratings locally this season as well. It seems as baseball is now a local sport. Fans will watch their favorite teams, but not others. I don't know if that can be fixed. I still love baseball and watch the post season, but realize I am in the minority.

Yankees actual attendance sank this season and prob ratings as they were awful.

But Braves games get a good crowd at bars in my area.

 

[TheHall87]

Neither franchise is a marquee team and frankly neither has a winning tradition. That matters even when you are dealing with the fifth and 11th media markets in the country.

The larger reality is World Series ratings have been on a decline for years. The last four years are the four lowest rated series of all-time -- the fifth is the 2012 series between San Francisco and Detroit which coincided with Superstorm Sandy hitting the northeast.

 

[Piratz]

I love baseball playoffs because the intensity drives the sport to be better. I used to love the regular season as there was some juice and storylines and the style of play was interesting, but no more. It's lost a lot of the human interest. I've barely watched the regular season in recent years despite keeping tabs at times.

 

[Seton75]

My love of the reg season has grown. I rarely miss a weeknight game.

Where I was going to watch a WS game used to be a big deal. I didn't realize game 5 was being played when it was and totally missed it.

Dan and I posted about the 63 WS a week ago. I did a wiki search. The announcers, Vin Scully and Mel Allen.

What a foolish idea decades ago to go away from that model.

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Expanded postseason is terrible. You play 162 games, win 100, get 5 days off, lose your rhythm and you're out of it.