July 08, 2008
Somebody Watch the Nats!
FanHouse notes the lack of viewers for the Nationals games:
The Nats have lost 43.5% of their viewers this season and rank last in baseball in viewership. Just 9,000 households in the D.C. market tune into games which results in a 0.39 ratings share, numbers which could easily be mistaken as people who leave their TVs on to keep their cats company. For comparison, the Royals are 28th in households (the Blue Jays weren't included) at 28,000 while the Angels draw a 1.24 share.
Why would anyone want to watch a team where the only all-star was Cristian Guzman. Is Jim Bowden the only GM to screw up the opening of two ballparks?
Posted by David Pinto at
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You know, I don't think I even watch the Nats on MLB.TV. I watched a part of one inning of them once, but that's because I really wanted to see what the Pirates announcers were like. I've watched the Pirates a few times since then, but I never bothered getting back to Washington. I wonder if they should move again
Someone on a soccer bulletin board noted the same article, and that DC's soccer team actually does better than the Nats in some ways. I thought that, having gotten a new stadium, they were supposed to be an emerging powerhouse, financially. It can't all be Wily Mo Pena's fault!
No one GOES to the games either, so that can't be the reason...
As Auric Goldfinger famously put it: "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action." Did the MLB brain trust think it was a fluke that two teams in a twelve year period fled the national capitol as if their posteriors were on fire? How long is it going to be before the Nationals start looking for greener pastures away from the Beltway?
Bet you they would have drew better ratings in Montreal...
Reason no one watches them casue they stink really bad. DUH!
I think about 9,000 homes in my neighborhood watch Red Sox games. I also think DC isn't going to support the Nats. Revenue and success seem to go hand in hand in baseball with the exception of teams in FL. Maybe they'll turn it around but I think more likely they'll keep the basement secure in the NL East.
