Comments on: Red Sox ratings are way down this year

By: CommonNow

CommonNow — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:18:24 +0000

Hi Jeremy. I appreciate your comment. I guess I read this as a story about the BOSOX, not baseball as a whole. I did incorrectly state Blog however.
Also please allow me say that I have nothing against the REDS or Mariners. Just two names chosen to emphasize a point.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:00:19 +0000

The ratings in the article are based on viewers per area not total viewers. The extra math step must have thrown you off. Tsk Tsk. Of course the largest market – metropolitan NY – has the most viewers. The Sox have had the highest percentage of viewers for seven years.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:51:49 +0000

CommonNow, I think I’m misunderstanding #3. Craig’s blog isn’t a Red Sox blog, it’s a blog about baseball, all thirty teams. So the commenters here will often be fans of teams other than the Red Sox.

By: Md23Rewls

Md23Rewls — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:23:06 +0000

Tsk tsk tsk, gotta read the article before you comment: “Yankees games on YES again are the most watched in the league (328,000 homes), followed by their New York neighbor, the Mets, whose games on SNY attract an average of 244,000 homes.”

By: Cheap Seat Chronicles

Cheap Seat Chronicles — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:23:14 +0000

Random Thought: Over the winter, Comcast–the major cable provider in Boston–switched to all digital service. If you chose not to get the digital service and stayed with the good ole fashioned cable, you could only get the “basic” package which does not include NESN.
Personally, given the economy, it wasn’t feasible to fork over more money to Comcast for digital television, so I lost NESN. I know a bunch of other people who felt the same way. I get all of my MLB action on mlb.tv, at bars, or at friend’s places.
I’m not saying it explains everything, but it’s a possibility.
Another possible reason is that it has been a gorgeous summer. After last year was all rains and cloud, this year we’ve gotten tons of sun and warm weather. Lots of people are choosing to skip watching the games to enjoy the summer. No shame there.

By: CommonNow

CommonNow — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:32:50 +0000

Let’s look at this folks:
1) “Bandwagon” is what you get in say SEATTLE: When the M’s do well the town is energized behind them. Otherwise they don’t know they exist. If any of you have ever BEEN to Fenway on a game day you will see a sea of die-hard, shirt/hat wearing fans like you won’t see in ANY city of the nation. These fans are not on-off-on types. They literally live and die by each pitch.
2) These fans are so die-hard, that they know what the team needs in order to win. YES, I said WIN. Many of you are from markets where winning is a possibility only during the offseason. Boston fans know their team was only a few moves away from staying great. They know that the moves made were not enough. Obtaining the “most sought-after free agents in all of baseball” may sound like a great marketing ploy for underserved markets, but in Boston they were simply two holes to fill. The team is aging, the guys who could smash the ball had been dealt off (Bay and Manny), the players who are competent have to run at 110% all the time to make up for the injuries. The Bosox fans know their team could win it all again, with the right additions. They did not get the additions so the Sox will not even make the playoffs. For those whose markets don’t offer the ability to win, let me explain it to you: Not being able to win is much different then being right on the cusp of winning it all, but being just shy because you didn’t make the right moves to shore up the team.
3) Why is it that I can’t go to a Blog about MY TEAM without finding some Dolts from other markets piping in about the team and fans? Is it because your market is so boring? Seriously folks – I don’t go to a REDs site and beotch about the comments. Why are you here???

By: Wooden U Lykteneau

Wooden U Lykteneau — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:15:50 +0000

@JCD – There’s always the WWE for “fans” like you…

By: JCD

JCD — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:31:48 +0000

Sorry but withouth Manny this team is a whole lot more boring. There are no characters on this team anymore, just kind of a bunch of dull guys, Dustin Pedroia notwithstanding.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:02:45 +0000

This would perhaps explain the more aggressive NESN advertising on other channels this summer.
Red Sox Nation is a land where in the year 2010, people still complain about how much money J.D. Drew is making, and will argue that the Sox should have re-signed Trot Nixon instead. In other words, it’s a land populated with idiots. So yes, RSN looks at the fact that Theo signed a third baseman who hit .265-8-44 last year to replace a World Series Hero, and an old outfielder with a .250 career batting average who took CF from Jacoby Ellsbury, and decides that ownership doesn’t care.
As a lifelong Red Sox fan, I could do with a bit more room on the bandwagon. But I don’t want revenues to suffer, so I am a bit torn.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:56:22 +0000

It was a quote from ONE FAN. The news is that after seven years of being the most supported team by its fan base, they dropped to fifth (still ahead of the Yankees, BTW). This makes Red Sox fans bandwagon jumpers?

By: Kevin R

Kevin R — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:55:00 +0000

I still watch most of the games, though sometimes I wish I didn’t. (such as this past weekend.) Though I watch on EI from Virginia now, so I don’t count for “local ratings” anymore I guess.
Sadly I don’t doubt some “fans” believe the “didn’t make a big splash” thing, even if it’s obviously ridiculous. As much as we pretend, idiocy is not limited to Yankees fans.

By: funi

funi — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:41:12 +0000

Redsox nation is DEAD!!!

By: BC

BC — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:38:38 +0000

If the Mets and Red Sox played a game right now, would anyone win? Or would they just give up after 45 innings or so?

By: ThinMan

ThinMan — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:35:29 +0000

I’ve noticed that it’s much easier to get tix to Fenway this season, without having to pay reseller markups. I don’t consider that a bad thing. Fewer pink hats just makes it easier for the real fans to follow our team.

By: YankeesfanLen

YankeesfanLen — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:34:30 +0000

You don’t really want me to answer that, do you? I take the fifth, gin not bourbon please.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:34:01 +0000

“Taking a pass”? How ludicrous is that. Sure the hated Yankers won the World Series. But the Red Sox signed Lackey and Beltre. I think it is more a function of missing guys like Pedroia, Ellsbury, Beckett, Martinez, etc. than it is anything else. The Red Sox are still second in the Wild Card race…unfortunately, they are 6 back and fading. However, it is amazing that they have the 4th best record in the AL right now with all their injuries. If they get their guys back and get hot, I see no reason why they can’t overtake the Rays.

By: Cru11

Cru11 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:33:23 +0000

I’m convinced the Pirates have suited up in Red Sox uniforms the past week. Yesterday I thought that a jv team was out there against M’s.

By: BC

BC — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:33:17 +0000

Hear that thud? That’s everyone jumping off the Red Sox bandwagon.
New Englanders are notorious for this – see UConn men’s hoops.
I myself being a New Englander take a different approach with my Mets – I was never on the bandwagon in the first place.