The stars have been out within the Bronx this weekend, and it was the most popular ticket on the town and on tv.
The Los Angeles Dodgers went east for a three-game set in opposition to the New York Yankees in a sequence that featured rosters with a mixed six MVP Awards.
Over 48,000 folks attended every sport, they usually obtained an superior sequence.
The Dodgers took the primary two video games, together with an 11-inning thriller Friday, earlier than the Yankees got here from behind Sunday night time to stop a sweep.
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David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez, Kevin Burkhardt and Derek Jeter pose for a photograph earlier than a sport between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium June 8, 2024, in New York, N.Y. (New York Yankees/Getty Images)
Despite Saturday night time being the lone dud (an 11-3 Dodgers victory), it was apparently a must-watch sport.
FOX Sports introduced Tuesday that Saturday’s “Baseball Night in America” was the most-watched regular-season MLB telecast on any community since Sept. 22, 2022, with a median of two.9 million viewers. That sport was a 5-4 Yankees victory over the Boston Red Sox when Aaron Judge was making an attempt to tie Roger Maris’ AL document of 61 homers.
Commentator Kevin Burkhardt (left) and former MLB gamers (L-R) Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz and Derek Jeter work the pregame present earlier than a sport between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium June 8, 2024, in New York City. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
It was additionally the community’s most-watched regular-season Saturday sport since June 30, 2018, which was an 11-0 Boston win over the Bombers.
It wasn’t a fairly night time for the Yanks, as Teoscar Hernandez went deep twice, together with a grand slam within the eighth inning that put the sport away.
Saturday’s sport additionally featured a Dodger fan takeover, when 5,000 members of “Pantone 294,” the fan membership that is named after the colour of the Dodgers brand, invaded Yankee Stadium.
Fans stroll to the stadium previous to a sport between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays April 5, 2024. in New York City. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)
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A Yankees-Dodgers World Series matchup has the bottom betting odds at +500 (guess $100, win $500). It could be the primary since 1981, however it could be their twelfth assembly within the Fall Classic, which might prolong their document.
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