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[Goose85]

National baseball is a tough sell on TV.

When I was much younger, baseball fans would watch the game of the week to get their fix, because tv games for the local team were more rare. Brewers would go on road trips without a tv crew. Everyone listened to the radio, so radio guys were huge, as was Mel Allen and this week in baseball.

Now most, if not almost all Brewer games are on TV, and they are close to daily, so my baseball fix is covered.
You can tune in ESPN nightly to watch web jems too.

Baseball is not like football or basketball - more games, less star impact.

In baseball your top pitcher plays 1 in 5 games. Your top hitter goes to the plate 4 times in 3 hours. In hoops Lebron has the ball on every possession.

Football is popular because everyone plays fantasy football, so a Dolphin v. Jets game has national appeal, while a Marlin v. Mets game has none.

I love baseball, but I generally just watch the Brewers, unless some epic pitchers duel is being shown.

[Smee]

I tried to watch FS1 pretty regularly. They had good morning show timing in that it was a good alternative to Sportcenter. At night it seemed like such a crapshoot and I often turned the channel on only to find other programming on. I am not really interested in UFC. One thing I like about ESPN is that there is always a highlights show on. FS1 had UFC and other sports at times, so I ended up switching channels.

I was disappointed that they seem to be a superficial highlights show and are falling into the same thing that turns me off of the NBA and ESPN where they over-emphasize one player...or even LA or NY too much. I would like a more complete recap to include not just the star's stats. I am not really interested if Carmelo has 17 against some team and lost. I would like to know who did well for each team and maybe even who held Carmelo to 17.

I do like the Jay and Dan. I think they are hilarious.

No excellant teams in the Big East this year. A lot of very good or good teams and parity the perception of the league from an outsider's perspective, as a lot of teams had a handful of losses. But if you watched, you saw a very competitive and entertaining league without any weak teams. Even Depaul was giving it a good run at the end of the year.

Bob

[MU/Panther]

http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/fox-...medium=twitter

First week...0.3 and 0.4. (The second game ran opposite the Final Four.)

But let's see where this goes as the season goes on.

Not good numbers. I'm guessing most people don't know MLB is now on FS1.

Heck, people went nuts about the Final Four on TNT, saying this broadcast is too homer like. I'm glad Sir Charles called those people idiots.

[MUBasketball]

I do like the Jay and Dan. I think they are hilarious.

Totally agree.

[MU/Panther]

Buck & Norman head golf team for Fox

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/D.../Fox-Golf.aspx

[MU/Panther]

Update on America's Pregame. Daily at 5pm on FS1.
Plus, Molly McGrath is on the show.
http://d3f5994kvuwcz1.cloudfront.net...llymcgrath.jpg

http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/amer...aign=hootsuite

[MU/Panther]

Top 10 rating for the week of March 31 thru April 6.

1 NASCAR RACEDAY (live) Sun 1:30PM- 2:30PM 60 0.4 570
2 NASCAR SPRINT CUP PRACTICE (live) Fri 6:00PM- 8:00PM 120 0.3 484
3 NASCAR SPRINT CUP FIN P (live) Sat 10:30AM-12:00PM 90 0.3 463
4 MLB REGULAR SEASON: SF @ LAD (live) Sat 4:00PM- 7:54PM 234 0.3 421
5 NASCAR LIVE (live) Fri 5:30PM- 6:00PM 30 0.3 418
6 UCL QUARTERFINAL (live) Tue 2:30PM- 5:00PM 150 0.2 399
7 MLB REGULAR SEASON: MIN @ CLE (live) Sat 1:00PM- 4:00PM 180 0.3 380
8 NASCAR SPRINT CUP QUALIFYING Sun 11:00AM-12:30PM 90 0.2 372
9 NASCAR NATIONWIDE QUALIFYING (live) Fri 4:00PM- 5:30PM 90 0.2 355
10 MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS (live) Sat 8:30PM-11:30PM 180 0.2 353

[CaribouJim]

Update on America's Pregame. Daily at 5pm on FS1.
Plus, Molly McGrath is on the show.
http://d3f5994kvuwcz1.cloudfront.net...llymcgrath.jpg

http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/amer...aign=hootsuite

HELLO Molly!!!

[CaribouJim]

Buck & Norman head golf team for Fox

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/D.../Fox-Golf.aspx

Forgot about the U.S. Open to FS1 - anything that will draw mostly new eyes to FS1 is a good thing. Not crazy about Joe Buck - not much imagination there.

Would have been great if Tiger was healthy enough to make his first appearance of the year at the U.S. Open - would have drawn even more of an audience. PGA is even looking like a long shot.