Record Low All-Star Ratings: Why No One Cares About Baseball (Still)
Published July 15, 2010 | 
Tuesday night’s MLB all-star game garnered the lowest EVER ratings for an MLB all-star game, EVER. The all-star game got a 7.5 rating and a 13 share. That’s down 16% from last year (8.9/15) and down from the previous low of 8.1/14 in 2005.
So who cares? Well, no one, really. That’s the whole point. No one cares about baseball, and even the self-proclaimed “best all star game” isn’t drawing the same fans as years past. Even though baseball is the only sport in the summer it still cant get fans to turn on the TV’s. Back in 1967, when Nielsen first started their TV ratings baseball garnered a 25.6 rating.
In comparison to sports going on in the summer, “The Decision” by Lebron James and his posse got a 9.9 rating (raising 3 million for charity) last Thursday.
So why didn’t anyone watch the all-star game? This should be easy: Continue reading
Ump Jim Joyce Ruins History, And Galarraga’s Perfect Game
Published June 3, 2010 | 
Its the top of the 9th. No one on base. 26 batters to the plate so far have faced Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga. Every single batter thus far has failed. The perfect game is in the bag.
Then, out of no where, Umpire and what I assume first-class douchebag Jim Joyce makes the worst and most influential bad call I’ve ever seen. The Indian’s SS and 9th hitter, Jason Donald, is running to first on a ground ball, trying to beat out the throw and the perfect game. ”Safe!!” Even though the throw beats Donald by half of a stride, he is called safe, ruining a perfect game, something that has only happened 20 times in baseball’s long history dating back to the 1800′s.
Cabrera and the rest of the team go nuts. Leyland argues to no avail, and there was no discussion between the Ump’s to discuss the call. The game would have been over. Should have been over.
Jim Joyce has ruined possibly the greatest moment of the 28 year old Galarraga’s life and a key moment in baseball history. This would have been the third perfect game in a month. There hasn’t ever been 3 in a season. There has been 20 total in 125 years. And this one gets ruined on a terrible call that everyone could make. Continue reading