Awful Announcing
"Did you ever realize the games are on a delay? Depending on whether the game is on a real line or a satellite line. The game can be on a three-to-five second delay, also. You didn't bring that part up. Okay?"
"Anyone work for @TempurPedic I need a new bed and want a deal because we're World Champs #NotSubtle"
Fox's World Series Game 6 telecast needed an umpire to explain a controversial call.
Game 7 drew 23.013 million viewers, the lowest for a World Series Game 7, but still more than enough to make this not the least-watched World Series ever.
"SWING AND A MISS! SWING AND A MISS! SWING AND A MISS! AND A WORLD SERIES GAME 7 WINNING CURLY W IS IN THE BOOKS! THE CELEBRATION IS ON! THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS! REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE!"
Fairly played for six MLB franchises from 1958-78, then called games for three franchises from 1979-2006.
If Game 6 ends the World Series, it may well be the least-watched World Series ever unless the average viewership goes up by over six million from Game 5.
The 2019 World Series ratings have not been good at all from a historical perspective.
Better late than never certainly applies but "late" sure is an understatement.
A full retraction of a statement Luhnow and the Astros have already called "wrong" and "incorrect" would seemingly be easy, but they haven't committed to doing that.
Major League Baseball has been awful at keeping the focus on the field this October.
Luhnow and the Astros are still digging themselves deeper.
The first two games of this year's World Series are both in the 10 least-watched World Series games ever.
Three days after insisting Taubman's comments weren't directed at particular reporters, the Astros have changed their tune.
The first game of the World Series was the second-lowest Game 1 on record with 12.194 million average viewers, only slightly ahead of 2014's 12.191 million.
