Tag Archive 'SportsBusiness Journal'

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What do the TV ratings for the Washington Nationals have in common with steroids? Both are being investigated by Major League Baseball.

Speaking to members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Commissioner Bud Selig said that MLB will be checking into the accuracy of published Nielsen ratings. The SportsBusiness Journal reported last week that the Nationals were pulling in an average of only 9,000 households in the Washington area.

That’s pretty bad.

It’s not as bad as the TV ratings the team was pulling when it was still in Montreal. They weren’t even televised the last few years was the Expos.