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NFT: Sunday night baseball

Mike Graves : 5/23/2019 8:21 pm
Anyone know why the Cubs keep getting all these Sunday’s night games. 3 straight this month and 3 straight in June?
America's team baby!  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/23/2019 8:30 pm : link
Haha. I don't know. My brother in law is a huge Cubs fan so I sorta root for them for his sake. But they have a huge fan base, but so do LAD, Yanks, & Sox.
I was wondering the same thing recently  
MetsAreBack : 5/23/2019 9:18 pm : link
ESPN is apparently the new WGN. They've done this with Sox and Yankees in the past (and some years I think they've had Yankees-Sox face off 5 times in a season), but one would think the Dodgers, Cards (who did face the Cubs), Yanks, Sox, Astros, Phillies, Mets - would play a halfway decent or at least comparable opponent to Brewers or Nats over that span in May and June.
Ratings  
joeinpa : 5/24/2019 8:26 am : link
Cubs get higher viewership
As a Cubs fan in NJ, I don't even need At Bat  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 5/24/2019 11:51 am : link
The entire Phillies series was on national TV + I think one with the Nationals. Cubs are a big gate draw these days as well.
First place team, recent champ  
Metnut : 5/24/2019 12:10 pm : link
huge market, national following. Not a surprise that they are on often.
Do you really not know the answer to that?  
djm : 5/24/2019 12:39 pm : link
Take a wild guess...

Follow the money.
Your right  
nygnyy274 : 5/24/2019 1:11 pm : link
Every time I turn on espn on a Sunday night the cubs are playing lol. I am shocked espn is not putting the Red Sox Astro game Sunday night it’s cardianls braves. I won’t be tuning in
Red Sox - Astros played last weekend too  
MetsAreBack : 5/24/2019 6:00 pm : link
That is easily a better game than Nationals - Cubs. And I would think Sox draw as many viewers as cubs. Bizarre.
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