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MLB built it, and viewers came. Nearly 6 million
Posted on 8/14/21 at 8:42 am
Posted on 8/14/21 at 8:42 am
Most watched regular season game in 16 years
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Major League Baseball built it, and the fans came.
On Thursday night, the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox played a game that rivaled Hollywood fairy tales. It was the first official MLB game played in Iowa, in a ballpark built among the Dyersville's corn fields where the iconic 1989 movie "Field of Dreams" was shot.
The game, with its Hollywood ending and its setting within America's heartland, was the most-watched regular season MLB game in 16 years, with 5.9 million viewers across FOX and FOX Deportes.
It was also the most streamed regular season baseball game in FOX Sports history. Chicago and New York ranked as the top two markets.
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Posted on 8/14/21 at 9:12 am to TigerintheNO
Posted on 8/14/21 at 9:29 am to TigerintheNO
The power of nostalgia
Posted on 8/14/21 at 9:32 am to TigerintheNO
NFL preseason pulls more than that.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 9:50 am to TigerintheNO
I knew this would happen.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:03 am to TigerintheNO
White announcer would have been fired for that comment
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:39 am to TigerintheNO
I was told that the MLB went woke and they were going broke
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:43 am to thejuiceisloose
One game doesn’t change that. It was 100% driven by nostalgia. But I also don’t care what happens to the MLB
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:59 am to TigerintheNO
Well this certainly won’t get overdone now..
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:33 am to DawgCountry
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also don’t care what happens to the MLB
And yet you’re here
Posted on 8/14/21 at 12:12 pm to JukeLeft
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Well this certainly won’t get overdone now..
Yup.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 12:19 pm to TigerintheNO
I guess Tim Anderson likes baseball now
Posted on 8/14/21 at 1:10 pm to KosmoCramer
Yeah, but I do wish MLB would move to more regions. 24 of the teams are in the NE/West coast. The old model needed physical bodies close because that was the viewing method. Having smaller stadiums in TN, AL, OR, UT, NC etc would spread the teams out.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 1:13 pm to AUCE05
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. 24 of the teams are in the NE/West coast. The old model
Believe you need to take a look at a map.
Atlanta
Tampa
Miami
Texas
Houston
KC
STL
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Both Chicagos
Cincinnati
Detroit
Posted on 8/14/21 at 1:15 pm to thejuiceisloose
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I was told that the MLB went woke and they were going broke
And then did a throw back to prior to that and had the best ratings in 16 years... It seems to line up exactly with what you're saying.... but you're too dumb to understand that
Posted on 8/14/21 at 1:32 pm to TigerintheNO
If I'm the White Sox ownership I demand that the Field of Dreams game is mine and we'll play a different team every year like it's the Cowboys w/Thanksgiving.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 1:42 pm to Dr RC
This was a 10/10 for MLB, the location was amazing and the game itself as so excellent with the 9th inning drama
Posted on 8/14/21 at 3:09 pm to TigerintheNO
Great venue and game. Best sporting event I’ve watched in a long time, and with no political BS.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 3:24 pm to Tactical1
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NFL preseason pulls more than that.
Well it does. Just facts.
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