MLB All-Star Game Limps to Second Lowest Ratings
in History. Any Guesses Why?
Townhall,
by
Scott Morefield
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
7/15/2021 1:17:43 PM
Go woke, go broke. Major League Baseball is learning the hard way that catering to the far left isn't remotely helping their desperate attempts to resurrect what once was America's proud pastime.
MLB's All-Star Game, played Tuesday night, predictably tanked in the Nielsen ratings, delivering the second-lowest official total in the sport's history. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the game narrowly avoided "a third straight all-time audience low" with 8.24 million viewers, "about 100,000 more than the 2019 game's 8.14 million."
Except, it's quite possible that this could indeed be the game's lowest ever viewership.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
jalo1951 7/15/2021 1:27:20 PM (No. 846778)
I am not a big baseball fan but millions use to be. Enjoyed nfl and college football but not so much anymore. Between the Hollywood elites and the athletic elites I am just not interested in their nonsense. And don’t get me started on the olympics.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 7/15/2021 1:28:41 PM (No. 846779)
Are they playing baseball this year? LOL
Enjoy your self-inflicted downward spiral.
Cheers!
23 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
formerNYer 7/15/2021 1:31:26 PM (No. 846783)
This year was the first time in 60 years I didn't watch the All-Star game. 8 million viewers is chicken feed, there were time when the All-Star game 25 million + viewers. get woke go broke, ask Coke, they can't give that soda away right now, the Publix by me has had them buy 2 get 1 free for weeks and I still don't see anybody buying them.
19 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Grateful 7/15/2021 1:42:40 PM (No. 846788)
There was an all star game?
14 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/15/2021 1:47:16 PM (No. 846794)
Don’t blame the players. It was MLB’s managements moving the game out of Atlanta - a kneejerk response to the likes of obnoxious race-baiter Stacey Abrams. And in the end Stacey and the MLB management were smacked down by the Supreme Court. The players were excellent. MLB burdened them with pathetic uniforms that made them look like cleaning crews (they should have worn their own team uniforms). It was an entertaining program sans racial overtones. No one took a knee during the National Anthem. We enjoyed it.
12 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
excalgalcg 7/15/2021 2:01:45 PM (No. 846808)
I am a baseball fan from the Oakland A’s and now the Red Sox. I wanted to see our young players get in the game ( they did) but the commercials drove me off. However, I totally agree with poster 5. I was proud of both teams as they respected our anthem and flag. My other gripe was the announcers. Every one had to make comments re- their knowledge of baseball. I say, let the guys play!!!
7 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 7/15/2021 2:04:33 PM (No. 846813)
We had the game on and put up with Joe Buck's non-stop jabbering. Indeed, #5, the uniforms were pathetic. The game should have stayed in Atlanta, but, the People's Republic of Denver was all too happy to fill its ball park for it. Mlb management really shot itself in the foot this time since becoming woke.
I lost interest in pro sports long ago beginning with Kaepie taking a knee.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
hershey 7/15/2021 2:08:05 PM (No. 846820)
Jeepers, could it possibly have any thing to do with their disrespecting the flag and National Anthem???
8 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/15/2021 2:09:30 PM (No. 846823)
I forgot to mention the announcers. Joe Buck took over and never ever stopped talking. We muted the television and watched the game. There were too many commercials. We minimize that for all broadcasts by watching them about a half hour after they have begun. Gives us some running room to fast forward past any commercials or other bothersome parts of the broadcasts.
10 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
seamusm 7/15/2021 2:26:28 PM (No. 846850)
If Blacks do not punish MLB and the Dims for the All Star game move to Denver and remain puppets of the Dim party, I won't care if millions of illegals starve them and their schools keep them stupid. They will have reaped what they deserved.
5 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Nimby 7/15/2021 2:30:59 PM (No. 846856)
They have written their own death warrant
7 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 7/15/2021 2:54:19 PM (No. 846880)
Joe Buck is a puke. He and Troy Aikman are Biden bootlickers.
15 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/15/2021 2:55:48 PM (No. 846882)
I almost skipped the article entirely when I saw MLB..but I felt better when I read it.
2 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
edgar 7/15/2021 2:57:06 PM (No. 846884)
Was it competing with the Gold Cup soccer match of Guatemala vs. El Salvador? If so, that explains it
4 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
RayLRiv 7/15/2021 3:19:58 PM (No. 846895)
There was an All Star Game?
5 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 7/15/2021 3:32:48 PM (No. 846908)
I'm not sure I could have watched it even if I wanted to. What web site was it on? I have no Cable or antenna TV, only internet and no pay service. I suspect I'm not alone so the dropping numbers may not mean as much as we might hope.
2 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
bad-hair 7/15/2021 4:01:06 PM (No. 846941)
A Who Star Game ?
Like the Houston Astros v the Houston Rockets ?
That would at least be interesting.
1 person likes this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 7/15/2021 4:01:27 PM (No. 846943)
When I saw the American League starting lineup it looked like it was a team from the United Nations...so diverse, except no white guys
What chance do white kid baseball players have now??
So glad I grew up in the 50’s before these corporate creeps decided to pretend they’re woke ...whatever that means...
MLB NFL NBA can all kma
And nascar too now...Damn the socialists!!!
6 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 7/15/2021 4:23:28 PM (No. 846960)
So - - baseball's premier showcase - - the vaunted All-Star Game - - pulls in only 2.5% of the nation's population.
National pastime? At 2.5%? Ummm - - it doesn't seem so.
4 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
bpl40 7/15/2021 4:52:30 PM (No. 846988)
MLB, Delta Airlines and Coke are considered criminal organizations in our household.
2 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Skinnydip 7/15/2021 4:57:27 PM (No. 846998)
FTA: "It’s also worth noting that the Nielsen figures for Tuesday include out of home viewing and 2019’s do not."
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Paglia guy 7/15/2021 5:16:11 PM (No. 847031)
The two best pitchers in the game opted out, too. So did many big stars, including the best black player in the game, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (and they moved it to lilly-white Colorado to mollify black players!!). No, I didn't watch, either. One of my traditional summer highlights. So, I watched tape of the 1971 game.
2 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
bassman 7/15/2021 6:35:37 PM (No. 847097)
Can't wait to see what the NFL ratings are this season since they have announced that "the NFL is gay!"
2 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
red1066 7/15/2021 6:51:31 PM (No. 847112)
The hype got on my nerves about ten minutes in, and I turned it off. Just shut up and play the game.
1 person likes this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
Gravedigger59 7/15/2021 7:32:02 PM (No. 847137)
Just imagine how bad the NFL season is going to be with them already touting the Black National anthem before the games.
3 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
MDConservative 7/15/2021 9:20:41 PM (No. 847216)
The game itself has taken the attributes of bar league softball. It’s not a competition, but admittedly an exhibition. It has fallen to become the equal of the NFL annual farce.
1 person likes this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
mifla 7/16/2021 5:11:08 AM (No. 847430)
No fans = No revenue = No million dollar salaries
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