Prolly cuz they heard John smoltz suck the balls of the diamondbacks, hearing him sigh when the rangers scored, and saying stupid shit, prolly turned peeps away.
Salt is definitely the issue. Last year the Phillies were celebrated with their 87 wins making it all the way to the World Series. This year an 84 win team is a crime against the sport? Stfu.
The postseason format is definitely an issue. I was very upset when MLB decided for a day off/day on during the NLDS thing and it definitely hinders playing consistency.
I don't got cable and even if I did, neither the Rangers or the Diamondbacks are fun teams or significant teams. Nobody cares about them other than their respective hometowns, so no one tuned in.
Baseball is baseball. The purists will watch no matter what ratings tell you. Seems like you’re just upset about the rule changes and the game evolving. I guarantee you the purist like myself, nor fans of the Diamondbacks or Rangers could care less about overall ratings. Baseball is life world wide whether in the USA Caribbean or Asia or any other countries with actual leagues that are streaming
This is all on mamfraud...this WC team has more chance than the Division winners becose they are given all the rest posible, are too many teams in almost half is not qualitty