Televised baseball tanks in 2008, except Florida

• This cannot be blamed on gas prices. Other factors may include broadcast times, blackouts, overuse of graphics, visually offensive commercials, and excessive negativity 24/7 across media platforms.

I try to watch games but have to turn them off mainly due to constant replay of homeruns. This is after I've already turned off the audio. Millions of viewers turned off baseball this year. Yet MLB is talking about worldwide baseball via airline travel. Fine. Let them walk the plank. They will end up broke.

• (SportsBusinessJournal): "Television ratings for Major League Baseball games were down almost across the board, as the national networks and most regional sports networks suffered significant declines during the regular season.

Fox’s MLB ratings dropped 13 percent to a 2.0, and its viewership dropped 12.5 percent to average 2.9 million viewers for its Saturday afternoon package....

• FSN’s best performing network was FSN Florida, which saw a 99 percent ratings jump in its Rays games (1.74 to 3.47). FSN also was helped by the Marlins, which were up 21 percent on Sun Sports and 16 percent on FSN Florida."...

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