MLB News: WBC Draws Record Audience, Rays Wear Pieces of Stadium Roof, Guardians on Unpaid Leave
The Los Angeles Dodgers take the field again for meaningful baseball in less than a week. In the meantime, let's look at some of the top headlines from around the sport.
The Los Angeles Dodgers take the field again for meaningful baseball in less than a week. In the meantime, let’s look at some of the top headlines from around the sport. WBC Draws Record Audience The World Baseball Classic final game shattered viewership records.
Nearly 1 1 million viewers tuned in to see Team Venezuela top Team USA 3-2 with a ninth-inning run. The game, the most watched in the tournament’s 20-year history, even dwarfed the 2023 edition and its finale between Team USA and Team Japan, featuring Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani. “ According to Fox Sports , a record 10.
784 million across Fox and Fox Deportes tuned in, with peak viewership clocking in at 12. 148 million around 10:30 p. m.
ET,” Emily Ohman and Dan Shanoff wrote for The Athletic . “Venezuela’s win drew more than twice the number of viewers (4. 48 million) than the 2023 final between Japan and the U.