2008 World Series: Phillies/Rays

[love_that_reefer]

Sonnastine is really sucking balls right now. He isn't getting ahead of hitters and he has walked in a run. He just got out of huge trouble thanks to an umpire missing a call at third. The umpires have really done a poor job this World Series! It has really taken away from the game.

[realmofotalk]

I didn't realize that there is an instance in which the catcher isn't required to tag a baserunner coming home out with his glove.

[love_that_reefer]

Phillies are up 5-1 ow in the 5th. Howard hit a big three run shot in the 4th. Sonnastine has been awful and it finally caught up to him. Crawford hit a solo shot for the Rays. Blanton has been great so far.

[Providence A's]

5 - 2...Hinske with a solo shot.

[love_that_reefer]

See what happens when you put your #3 guy in HRs and OPS on the roster. Way to go Hinske! Too bad Joe Blanton just erased it by hitting a solo shot himself. 6-2. First ever HR for Blanton.

[Providence A's]

wow...didn't see that coming. he mashed that.

[realmofotalk]

Edwin Jackson allowing a home run to the pitcher = fail.

[Foster]

Enter Matt Stairs.

[Providence A's]

this is embarrassing now...I wonder if the Rays will be able to come back tomorrow night.

[love_that_reefer]

It will be hard against Cole Hamels. 10-2 now after another Howard homer! Phillies are well on their way to their second championship in franchise history. I just hope the Rays can extend it another game. I cannot believe the Rays can abuse the Red Sox pitching but not the Phillies.

[Foster]

With Hamels on the mound?

It ain't looking good.

[catman]

Wow. The Phillies seem to be unbeatable right now.

[DirtyKash]

Ratings for Game 3 were not that good. At all. We'll see how Game 4 did tomorrow when the ratings come out.

Rain causes late start and ratings well below previous worst for World Series

Associated Press

Updated: October 26, 2008, 8:44 PM ETNEW YORK -- With a 91-minute rain delay pushing the first pitch until after 10 p.m. on the East Coast, Game 3 of the World Series drew a record-low television rating.

The Philadelphia Phillies' 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, which ended at 1:47 a.m. Sunday, earned a 6.1 fast national rating and 13 share on Fox, the network said.

The previous low was an 8.0 in 2006 for Game 1 of the Cardinals-Tigers series.

The game averaged a 6.5/13 from 11 p.m.-midnight EDT, slid to 6.0/14 for the next hour, then rose to a 6.3/17 after 1 a.m.

The game drew a 28.2/49 in Philadelphia and a 21.6/44 in Tampa. With most of the game in prime time on the West Coast, some of the best ratings outside the home markets came there, including a 9.7/19 in Seattle and a 9.2/20 in San Francisco.

Through three games, the World Series is averaging a 7.7/14, down 23 percent from last year's 10.0/17 for Red Sox-Rockies.

The rating is the percentage watching a program among homes with televisions, and the share is the percentage tuned into the broadcast among those households with TVs on at the time.

[GiantsFanatic]

Honestly, do we as fans really care about the ratings? Real baseball fans will watch baseball.

[love_that_reefer]

That the game got a 6.1 rating is pretty ****ing amazing considering it was delayed as long as it was.