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Fox finished with a 7.6 rating and 12.7 million viewers for the Giants’
sweep of the Tigers, marking the smallest audience for any World Series on
record. The 7.6 rating is 10% below the previous low set during the ’10
Giants-Rangers match-up and ’08 Phillies-Rays match-up — both of which went
to five games.
世界大赛没人看
Meanwhile, despite the fact that many basketball experts and fans believe
that it is a fait accompli that Miami, Boston, Oklahoma City, and Los Angeles
Lakers (if they can make a damn free throw) will comprise the NBA’s Final
Four this season, there is seemingly more excitement than ever for the
beginning of an NBA season.
NBA开季似乎很刺激
There is little doubt that MLB still generates more revenue than the NBA.
Plunkett Research estimates that MLB created $7.7 billion in 2012 revenues
compared to the NBA’s $4.3 billion produced in 2010-11 (the last full
season).
虽然目前棒球市场比较大
But when you consider that the NBA’s crescendo has outpaced baseball’s in
each of the last 3 years (as the table shows below), this lends further
credence to a changing of the guard.
但考虑NBA近三年的冠军战风潮 (棒球逐渐被篮球取代中)
下面还说了很多 例如NBA比MLB国际化 NBA球星比MLB球星有更多代言
在LBJ/Durant等球星带领下 MLB可能有朝一日退居成美国第三运动