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World Series Game 2 Ratings Reflect Nation's Aversion To Matt Cain's Face

Ratings are stupid. Ratings don't matter. To us, anyway. As long as baseball stays on TV, I don't care how many other people are watching it with me. But while ratings are completely irrelevant to us as fans, they do sometimes contain a little interesting information. For example, last night, Game 2 of the World Series struggled to outdraw $#*! My Dad Says on CBS. That's '$#*!' instead of 'Shit' because 'Shit' would actually be funny.

FOX started the night in first overall with an estimated 12.32 million viewers for the start of the Rangers-Giants showdown, finishing second in the demo with a 3.4 rating. CBS topped the demo and finished second overall with "The Big Bang Theory" (12.8 million and a 4.1 demo rating) and "$#*! My Dad Says" (10.82 million and a 3.1 demo rating).

More interesting to me than the Game 2 ratings, however, are how the Game 2 ratings compare to the Game 1 ratings. Game 2 evidently drew an average of 12.05 million viewers. Game 1 drew an average of 14.47 million viewers. That's a 16.7% decrease from Wednesday to Thursday, and based on the Wikipedia World Series ratings page (which I admit may be wrong), I think that may be the biggest Game 1 --> Game 2 viewership decline in history.

My first theory is that a lot of people were intrigued by the promise of a Cliff Lee/Tim Lincecum pitcher's duel, and were less intrigued by a matchup between two guys most of the country's never heard of. My second theory is that, oh, gross, Matt Cain is gross.

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A big contributing factor to how ugly he is

are those giant crease lines on his neck, that make him look like a lizard of some sort.

-Brett G.
-Daily Evergreen Staff Sports Writer

by Brett the 49er on Oct 29, 2010 11:48 AM PDT reply actions  

Whoops.

I blacked out for a second and wrote a horrible sentence with a horrible pun. Sorry.

by Ballard Erik on Oct 29, 2010 12:04 PM PDT reply actions  

You could be on to something. Cain isn't close-up friendly.

Rivaling McCarver as the thing I hate about the playoffs the most is the insane amount of close-ups on player faces, and the slow play just makes them all the more ridiculous. Faces are apparently much more interesting than they are in the regular season.
Seeing the pores on Cody Ross’s face gives us insight into why he is so clutch. And you can never have enough reaction shots after an error or a blown lead. Just once I want to see Juan Uribe pull out a birds nest sized wad of chew during a close-up.

by Manzanillos Cup on Oct 29, 2010 12:06 PM PDT reply actions  

CBS could show a rerun of Game 2 and it would draw higher ratings.

CBS is fucking magic when it comes to getting high numbers with awful programming.

by Teej on Oct 29, 2010 12:33 PM PDT reply actions   2 recs

Maybe the palyoffs and World Series will get cheap enough that the Public Broadcast Channels

can afford to buy the rights to broadcast them. Then there wouldn’t be any commercials except for the occasional annoying pitch to become a member of your local PBS channel.

Peter Bourjos is faster than anyone on your team.

by 44FAN on Oct 29, 2010 12:57 PM PDT reply actions  

What a shame that Kevin Pucetas was traded to the Royals.

He would have made a formidable addition to the Timmy/Cain duo.

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"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors

by JY on Oct 29, 2010 1:22 PM PDT reply actions  

And now I'm having a new thought.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors

by JY on Oct 29, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

He was set for several Halloweens.

One of my favorite stories in cinema was that because the funding was erratic and no one knew when they’d be able to fit in time next, Jack Nance had to keep his hair like that for five years.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors

by JY on Oct 29, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

The earlier playoffs were pretty good but the World Series so far is shit.

Lost me. Add on the awful presentation with McCarver and it’s not entertaining.

ignacio

by ignacio on Oct 29, 2010 6:04 PM PDT reply actions  

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