The Don Howard Awards

[joshg]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'199062\' date=\'Oct 6 2008, 08:44 PM\']
Really the only pairing I can see being ratings suicide would be Phils / Boston.
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I suspect the ratings in Philly would be astronomical... since we, er... the Phills, have failed more times in September since what '81? We, er... the Phills, have gotten farther than last year and we'll have at least one shiny new banner to put up in the outfield next year.

/no Yankees = ratings suicide for FOX anyway, right?

[Mr. Armadillo]

[quote name=\'joshg\' post=\'199089\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 08:25 AM\']
/no Yankees = ratings suicide for FOX anyway, right?
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At this point, 'no Cubs' is probably worse than 'no Yankees'.  Of course, since proving this would require the Cubs to actually make a World Series, we'll never know.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'199104\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 11:41 AM\']
[quote name=\'joshg\' post=\'199089\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 08:25 AM\']
/no Yankees = ratings suicide for FOX anyway, right?
[/quote]
At this point, 'no Cubs' is probably worse than 'no Yankees'.  Of course, since proving this would require the Cubs to actually make a World Series, we'll never know.
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Hey--cheapshotting the Cubs is my department!  

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'joshg\' post=\'199089\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 06:25 AM\']
I suspect the ratings in Philly would be astronomical... since we, er... the Phills, have failed more times in September since what '81? We, er... the Phills, have gotten farther than last year and we'll have at least one shiny new banner to put up in the outfield next year.[/quote]
I didn't realize that Philly was as high in the market food chain as it was. You're right, you can do quite a bit worse than to have one team in the #4 and the other in the #7.

It would still be a very local interest, though. You don't hear a lot about Phillies Nation, you know?

[Joe Mello]

If it was Phils and Red Sox, I suspect a lot of the New York market would either watch or spontaneously combust (most likely both).

/Red Sox in 5 if that were the case
//Rays+Phils=Phils in 7
///Rays+Dodgers=Dodgers in 7
////Red Sox+Dodgers=Sox in 6

[joshg]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'199107\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 10:13 AM\']
It would still be a very local interest, though. You don't hear a lot about Phillies Nation, you know?
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I don't think there's a "Phillies Nation" per se. I think they just added the 'rally towel' within the last few years. It's weird to hear Harry Kalas talk about the fans waving their rally towels. We didn't need no stinkin' towels in 1980.

/Phillies = Better than the Eagles

[PYLdude]

[quote name=\'joshg\' post=\'199124\' date=\'Oct 7 2008, 02:14 PM\']
/Phillies Everyone in the NFC East = Better than the Eagles
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There, fixed it.

/G-men, baby