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Which will be the bigger story in sports - Triple Crown or Cubs winning WS
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:28 pm
1) to you personally
2) across the nation
<------- R2R's answers below
2) across the nation
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1) Triple Crown, because I care more about horse racing than the Cubbies
2) The media and public interest will be more on the Cubs, but not by much.
This post was edited on 4/18/12 at 5:30 pm
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:29 pm to Rohan2Reed
Lol well the triple crown COULD Happen, the cubs winning? 
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:29 pm to Rohan2Reed
Triple Crown
Triple Crown
Remember Barbaro?
Triple Crown
Remember Barbaro?
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:29 pm to Rohan2Reed
What triple crown, baseball triple crown or horse racing triple crown? Either way, the Cubs winning the World Series would be a much bigger story.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:33 pm to Unbiased Bama Fan
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Cubs winning the World Series would be a much bigger story.
And, yes, I'm biased. But, the triple crown would be a story for a day. It's pretty hard to get too excited about an animal.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:33 pm to medtiger
Cubz
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:34 pm to Rohan2Reed
Triple Crown, easily.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:38 pm to Marciano1
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Triple Crown, easily.
How many people even know who the last triple crown winner was? The only triple crown winner that general sports fans know about is Secretariat.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:40 pm to Unbiased Bama Fan
Affirmed 
Do you not remember how big of a story Smarty Jones was in '04? Sunday Silence in '89 and Real Quiet in '98 were both huge too. Sport has fallen off a bit the last decade though despite several years where we had a shot at seeing a TC winner.
Do you not remember how big of a story Smarty Jones was in '04? Sunday Silence in '89 and Real Quiet in '98 were both huge too. Sport has fallen off a bit the last decade though despite several years where we had a shot at seeing a TC winner.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:41 pm to Rohan2Reed
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Triple Crown
This.
Nobody gives a frick about the Cubbies anymore. Sorry Cubs fans.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:41 pm to Rohan2Reed
Cubs winning would be a bigger story.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 5:42 pm to Rohan2Reed
1. Triple crown
2. Cubs because horse racing is dying
2. Cubs because horse racing is dying
Posted on 4/18/12 at 6:10 pm to Aspercel
Here's some possibly telling evidence from the past decade in both sports respective "big story."
Belmont Stakes TV ratings
You can see the spike for Smarty Jones' run at the TC in 2004, to about 22.5 million viewers.
Comparatively, when the Red Sox played in the World Series in 2004 (the same year, coincidentally, that the Belmont Stakes saw it's biggest television viewing audience for a potential Triple Crown-winning race), the average viewership for Boston's four-game sweep of the Rockies was around 25 million viewers.
Belmont Stakes TV ratings
You can see the spike for Smarty Jones' run at the TC in 2004, to about 22.5 million viewers.
Comparatively, when the Red Sox played in the World Series in 2004 (the same year, coincidentally, that the Belmont Stakes saw it's biggest television viewing audience for a potential Triple Crown-winning race), the average viewership for Boston's four-game sweep of the Rockies was around 25 million viewers.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 6:12 pm to Rohan2Reed
Triple crown? We talkin about horses?
Posted on 4/18/12 at 6:13 pm to Rohan2Reed
Just found out shackleford is confirmed for our race 
Posted on 4/18/12 at 6:42 pm to medtiger
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And, yes, I'm biased. But, the triple crown would be a story for a day. It's pretty hard to get too excited about an animal.
This. It's a freaking animal.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 7:23 pm to Tactical1
I doubt there is anyone alive that saw the Cubs win the World Series.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 7:24 pm to Rohan2Reed
1. Triple Crown
2. Cubs, because the media likes pushing a dead sport
2. Cubs, because the media likes pushing a dead sport
Posted on 4/18/12 at 7:49 pm to Rohan2Reed
I knew people who never watched horse racing or even really heard of the Triple Crown...buying Smarty Jones caps before the Belmont.
This country goes bananas when there's a Triple Crown threat...look at all the people who held vigils for Barbaro FOR MONTHS!
Seabiscuit movie - $148 mill
Just had a Secretariat movie.
The media might make a bigger deal about the Cubs because it's baseball but the public will make a bigger deal about the Triple Crown.
This country goes bananas when there's a Triple Crown threat...look at all the people who held vigils for Barbaro FOR MONTHS!
Seabiscuit movie - $148 mill
Just had a Secretariat movie.
The media might make a bigger deal about the Cubs because it's baseball but the public will make a bigger deal about the Triple Crown.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 7:52 pm to Rohan2Reed
TRIPLE CROWN. FACT. Its harder to win THIS than winning a WS. 
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