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Fox finished with a 7.6 rating and 12.7 million viewers for the Giants’
sweep of the Tigers, marking the smallest audience for any World Series on
record. The 7.6 rating is 10% below the previous low set during the ’10
Giants-Rangers match-up and ’08 Phillies-Rays match-up — both of which went
to five games.
世界大賽沒人看
Meanwhile, despite the fact that many basketball experts and fans believe
that it is a fait accompli that Miami, Boston, Oklahoma City, and Los Angeles
Lakers (if they can make a damn free throw) will comprise the NBA’s Final
Four this season, there is seemingly more excitement than ever for the
beginning of an NBA season.
NBA開季似乎很刺激
There is little doubt that MLB still generates more revenue than the NBA.
Plunkett Research estimates that MLB created $7.7 billion in 2012 revenues
compared to the NBA’s $4.3 billion produced in 2010-11 (the last full
season).
雖然目前棒球市場比較大
But when you consider that the NBA’s crescendo has outpaced baseball’s in
each of the last 3 years (as the table shows below), this lends further
credence to a changing of the guard.
但考慮NBA近三年的冠軍戰風潮 (棒球逐漸被籃球取代中)
下面還說了很多 例如NBA比MLB國際化 NBA球星比MLB球星有更多代言
在LBJ/Durant等球星帶領下 MLB可能有朝一日退居成美國第三運動