Game 7 of the World Series shatters MLB Television Records
It will be difficult to comprehend exactly what transpired last night. From the leadoff home run, to Rajai Davis’ game-tying blast, to the 17 minute rain delay, to Ben Zobrist’s 10th-inning double, to the final out that ended the Chicago Cubs’ 108-year championship drought, the Cubs and Indians gave us one of the greatest baseball games ever. So yea it’ll be a lot to process and have it sink in.
Now there is more news to celebrate of just how exciting the game was. The numbers have came in and they are nothing short of staggering.
World Series Game 7 average audience is over 40 million viewers - it is
— FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) November 3, 2016
the most-watched baseball game in 25 years.
World Series Game 7 delivered a 25.2 overnight rating. It is the highest MLB overnight rating since Game 7 in '01 & +66% over Game 7 in '14
— FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) November 3, 2016
In addition to those record breaking numbers, there was this little Twitter nugget:
Twitter says last night's Game 7 generated 10.5 million tweets -- most ever for a single MLB game.
— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) November 3, 2016
Hard to comprehend if we will see a better produced game then the one we saw from last night, but we were all witnesses to history that was 108-years in the making. That alone is something worth celebrating.
