The sale of the Chicago Cubs has started a conversation of the new owner possibly starting an all-Cubs TV network, similar to the New York Yankees.
While I couldn't careless about a Cubs TV station, there was a small blurb towards the end of the article that talks about the Cubs TV viewer numbers on Comcast SportsNet so far this season. The White Sox are mentioned as well. The numbers are quite staggering:
Thanks to its on-field success, the Cubs are averaging a 4.9 rating (about 170,000 households) on Comcast SportsNet at the All-Star break, an increase of 53 percent from the same time last season, the network said. Viewership of the White Sox also is up, but not as much. The South Side team is averaging a 1.9 rating, up 27 percent compared with last season's 1.5 rating at the midseason point.
4.9 to 1.9. 170,000 households on average to 66,000 households on average. Sox fans get made fun of all the time for never supporting the team, for never selling out U.S. Cellular Field. At the same time, Sox fans are also praised for being such demanding fans for their refusal to show up to the ballpark when a bad Sox team is on the field.
But maybe it's not how most people think. Maybe Sox fans aren't the idiots people think they are for not showing up to the park. Maybe Sox fans shouldn't be praised for their supposed refusal to see a poor product on the field. The simple fact may be: maybe there aren't that many Sox fans to begin with, period.
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You are looking at it the wrong way, the reason the cubs have such a hugh rating is because of what an amazing season they are having. The white sox are having a season close to what the cubs where last year when the cubs only got a t.v rating of 53 percent less than what it is this year which would equivilate to around a 2.4 rating while whan the white sox are have that same type of season they are getting a 1.9 rating. so yes there are more cub fans but not that much more.