Cards, Pirates, and Reds all clinch.....Nats are done

[bravesfan]

I wonder if the Nats are regretting their decision with Strasburg last year

Congrads to the Pirates, 21 years is a loooong time

 

[bravesfan]

The Astros drew a 0.0 tv rating during sunday's game against cleveland, can it gets any worse for that bunch

 

[CaptO]

The Astros drew a 0.0 tv rating during sunday's game against cleveland, can it gets any worse for that bunch

Which market? Dont see how that could of been possible. Our cBS gametracker glog was pretty active. Means at least 40 were watching from somewhere

 

[heatwave31]

The Astros drew a 0.0 tv rating during sunday's game against cleveland, can it gets any worse for that bunch

yes.. tampa is the worst. at least they can get 10k in the seat at their stadium and they won't even sniff the playoffs

 

[Brocktagon]

Which market? Dont see how that could of been possible. Our cBS gametracker glog was pretty active. Means at least 40 were watching from somewhere

i think what he meant was the astros' fans didn't bring any ratings to the table.

 

[bravesfan]

Which market? Dont see how that could of been possible. Our cBS gametracker glog was pretty active. Means at least 40 were watching from somewhere

Houston Market

Here's the Story...

What if they played a ballgame and nobody watched? Apparently, we have an answer with regards to Sunday’s Indians-Astros contest in Cleveland, at least according to the Nielsen Co. ratings system, and it’s this: The Astros have discovered new ways to lose. Not only can they drop a game to the team they’re playing, but they can draw less local interest than a static football scoreboard or a rerun of The Cosby Show.

According to the Houston Chronicle’s David Barron, Sunday’s game, which started at noon Central Time (1 p.m. Eastern Time in Cleveland) and was broadcast on Comcast SportsNet Houston, received a 0.00 Nielsen rating — a sampling of a small percentage of the TV-watching population. Sunday’s rating came via 581 meters in the Greater Houston area, around half of which were in use by viewers for any 15-minute period during the three-hour bloc between noon and 3 p.m. Meanwhile, 23 percent of households were busy watching the NFL’s Houston Texans lose to the Baltimore Ravens, 1.3 percent were watching a NASCAR race, 0.5 percent were watching a Cosby rerun and 0.16 percent were watching the NFL Network’s screen of football scores.
Those alternatives apparently make for more gripping television than the local nine going down to its 105th defeat of the year, in this case in a road game against a wild-card contender with whom the Astros have very little history. Prior to this year, Houston and Cleveland had played all of 18 games in 16 years of interleague play, with nine wins apiece but no signature moments. Coming into Sunday, the Indians had won five out of six games between the two teams this year, including the first three of their four-game series, one of which went 11 innings and another of which was called after just six and a half innings due to rain.
Perhaps the fact that the Astros scored just one run apiece in each of those three games of varying length was too much for the Houston fans to bear. While they could have seen their team rally for two runs on Sunday — even taking a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the third — the ‘Stros nonetheless gave up nine runs. The good news is that the people not watching were spared the seven pitching changes Indians manager Terry Francona undertook after starter Corey Kluber’s departure prior to the top of the sixth, five of which took place after they had expanded the lead from 3-2 to 7-2 in the bottom of the sixth. C’mon, doesn’t anybody in Houston care whether the Indians have a better lefty specialist than Rich Hill on the roster for the postseason?

 

[bravesfan]

yes.. tampa is the worst. at least they can get 10k in the seat at their stadium and they won't even sniff the playoffs

I'm suprised the owners around the league allow for cities like Tampa to have a baseball team......doesn't the MLB do revenue sharing

 

[bravesfan]

I'm so glad Angel Hernandez could show his ass one more time before the season ended

Fredi Gonzalez ejected after Angel Hernandez refuses to give Braves HBP | HardballTalk

 

[CaptO]

yes.. tampa is the worst. at least they can get 10k in the seat at their stadium and they won't even sniff the playoffs

How is Tampa not sniffing the playoffs? Only scenario would involve us & the Rangers pretty much winning out while they suffer a few losses along the way

 

[bravesfan]

How is Tampa not sniffing the playoffs? Only scenario would involve us & the Rangers pretty much winning out while they suffer a few losses along the way

Yeah, it's pretty much a Tampa-Texas-Cleveland race for the WC spots. Yankees, O's, and Royals are too far back

 

[bravesfan]

The Rangers have Darvish going against the astros, I guess we can pencil that in as a win for Texas

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

The Rangers have Darvish going against the astros, I guess we can pencil that in as a win for Texas

not if the rangers are playing

 

[bravesfan]

not if the rangers are playing

The Astros are 2-15 against Texas this season.

In fact, if it werent for Texas having 19 games scheduled against the Astros....we wouldn't be talking about the Rangers possibly making the playoffs

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

The Astros are 2-15 against Texas this season.

In fact, if it werent for Texas having 19 games scheduled against the Astros....we wouldn't be talking about the Rangers possibly making the playoffs

the Rangers are 6-15 in September

 

[Brocktagon]

the Rangers are 6-15 in September

i think you're 20-0 vs hammer

 

[BigDDude]

I don't think I like this. But, then again, i'm no doctor.


Matt Harvey could be headed to the Arizona Fall League, New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said Monday.


Harvey has decided to rehab a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and will attempt a throwing program over the next six to eight weeks in a bid to avoid undergoing Tommy John surgery.


Alderson indicated the AFL would be a potential place to face actual batters next month, which would allow Harvey to test whether surgery will be required.


The AFL generally is reserved for minor league prospects. An AFL official was not immediately available to discuss whether a rehab assignment during fall baseball was permissible.

 

[bravesfan]

the Rangers are 6-15 in September

So you're expecting an epic collapse of the Rangers in the final week of the season

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

i think you're 20-0 vs hammer

easier to figure out when he's trolling and when he's not now

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

So you're expecting an epic collapse of the Rangers in the final week of the season

Rangers have made epic collapses an annual event the past few seasons

so yeah.......wouldnt be too surprising

 

[BigDDude]

Before you think too much about the bad day you had yesterday, at least you are not Manny Machado.