Good morning! A enjoyable be aware for anybody who’s satisfied that both (1) baseball is dying, or (2) the Dodgers are killing curiosity within the sport, necessitating the implementation of a wage cap: The 2026 World Sequence smashed rankings expectations throughout the board, and Game 7 was the most-watched baseball game in 34 years.
And be aware that the rankings success was not merely a perform of expanded Canadian and Japanese audiences. Within the US alone, 16.1 million folks watched every recreation on common, which was a rise over final 12 months’s rankings dream of a matchup between the Yankees and Dodgers, and trounced the 2025 NBA Finals common viewership of 10.3 million.
It’s a blatant lie that pressured parity and wage suppression result in recognition, as anybody who has ever heard of faculty soccer or soccer can inform you. What shopper conduct really exhibits us is that what folks need from televised sports activities is (1) on-field excellence and, (2) well-known and compelling characters and groups. The Dodgers perceive this and are keen and capable of present it. They’re unambiguously good for the sport and extra groups — just like the Boston Crimson Sox! — ought to act like them.
