Baseball continues to be popular in NY and nation
Another season under way in Baseball Town . . .
SNY reported Monday's late-afternoon/early evening tilt against the Marlins was the highest-rated Mets opener ever on a regional sports network, attracting 4.4 percent of households in the area and an estimated 407,000 viewers.
The rating peaked at 6.4 from 7 to 7:15 p.m.
The Mets averaged a 3.3 rating overall for last season on SNY, their highest on a regional cable sports network.
Fair warning: This will be the first of many posts about high New York baseball ratings this season. Sorry in advance.
The national numbers for baseball continue to be strong, too.
Sunday night's Braves-Nationals game on ESPN drew 2.8 percent of homes that have that channel, and an estimated 3,656,000 viewers, the largest average audience ever for an opener on ESPN or ESPN2.
It was the most-watched regular season game (excluding one-game playoffs) on pay TV since 1998 that did not include the Yankees, Mets or Red Sox.
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I really think a lot of this has to do with finally just getting to the games. People, I'm sure, are tired of debating Clemens, Canseco, the Mitchell Report, and whatever other bad baseball news that has transpired the past five months.
I am very much looking forward to tonight's Yankee game, and am glad yesterday's game was rained out, so that I can watch the opener live, instead of having to watch a delay had yesterday's game been played.