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Yes, they are the best fielding team ever, although fielding % has been gradually increasing for as long as baseball has existed. The Rockies simply broke the previous record owned by the 2006 Red Sox.
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The Rockies are flopping in the ratings though....

 

The Colorado Rockies' 11-inning, 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 2 on Friday night drew a 2.2 national rating, less than half of the lowest-ever prime-time league championship series rating before this season (4.9).

Oh well. It's still good baseball. Maybe if the national media gave either team much attention during the regular season, they wouldn't be whining about the ratings now.

 

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Maybe if the national media gave either team much attention during the regular season, they wouldn't be whining about the ratings now.

 

Yeah -- This is a great point, the Rockies are historically good story -- not only because of their sweep in the NL playoffs, but they have essentially been playing playoff games since the middle of September.

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"The Rockies are flopping in the ratings though.... "

 

I wonder how much of that has to do with the late starts. I went to bed after the 4th inning last night.

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I wonder how much of that has to do with the late starts. I went to bed after the 4th inning last night.

 

Some I suppose -- but this is the lowest ever -- and every year there are west coast teams in the playoffs -- I am sure if it were Cubs v. Rockies or Red Sox v. Rockies those numbers would not have been that low

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I wonder how much of that has to do with the late starts. I went to bed after the 4th inning last night.

 

Some I suppose -- but this is the lowest ever -- and every year there are west coast teams in the playoffs -- I am sure if it were Cubs v. Rockies or Red Sox v. Rockies those numbers would not have been that low

Sure that is right since the Cubs fans all would be watching and they are all around the country. The ratings would be low for any late night non-NY, Bost or Cubs game. You think Col vs SF would get ratings? This is an incredible story many will miss.

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All I know -- If I were a marketing guy, I would be getting Steve Miller on the phone and ask him to tweak the following -- which is already pretty close

 

I went from Phoenix, Arizona, all the way to Tacoma

Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A.

Northern California, where the girls are warm

So I could be with my sweet baby, yeah

 

A couple of NL cities in there, including PHX and Philly

 

Keep on Rockin' me Baby.

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I think part of it has to do with the fact that these are relatively 'young' teams. I read somewhere that a fan base doesn't get rabid until the second generation of fans hits adulthood.....not to mention the fact that people don't move out of Denver and the people that move TO Phoenix all root for some other team.

 

But I'm sure that lack of name recognition from both teams is a huge factor too.

"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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as for the ratings, think of it this way: with all the Nielson viewers NOT watching the NLCS, they perhaps saved some shows that were coming close to cancellation; since those Nielson viewers were not watching baseball, they were likely obligated to watch something else. Bright side to every dark cloud.

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