Baseball's ratings have been down and the age demographic is the oldest of the four major sports in North America. The average age for a baseball fan and TV viewer is about 55 years old. What's great right now is the story line of this World Series. It is bringing in many viewers who might not have the slightest interest in baseball. It is good for the MLB to have so much hype surrounding it because right now they have so many stars in the league. Getting people interested in MLB again would be huge for the league and the World Series of this magnitude could be the turning point. There are multiple sports reporters who never had much interest in baseball talking about this game. Mike Golic from Mike and Mike even admitted this morning he does not follow baseball, but he is looking forward to tonight's game.
Aside from how big this game is, here is what to look for tonight. For the Indians their starting pitcher tonight is Corey Kluber. Kluber is 18-9 with an ERA of 3.14 during the regular season. More importantly he is 4-1 with an ERA of 0.89 in this years post season. Having won games 1 and 4 it is hard to bet against Kluber. For the Cubs Kyle Hendricks will be getting the nod. Hendricks led the MLB in ERA during the regular season with 2.13. He has an ERA of 1.31 this postseason. Hendricks only start in this World Series was game 3. In the four innings he pitched he allowed only 6 hits and no runs.
I'll be honest I am not a big baseball fan, but tonight's game should be great. Tune in to FOX at 8:00 and watch history be made.
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