NFL Ratings

I do not know who to believe on the TV ratings game, but when I heard people saying that the NBA was catching the NFL, I knew that hiring former players as broadcasters had gone way to far.

It is being reported that the biggest viewing audience in 20 years for a world series game 5 was larger at 13.1 than the mid-season game for the Cowboys and Eagles at 10.2.
Shocking to me that the world series with the Media darling Cubs still barely rates ahead of mid-season game in the NFL.

Let's use real numbers for World Series:
Game 1- 19.3 Million up 20%
Game 2- 17.4 Million up 27%
Game 3- 19.4 Million up 47%
Game 4- 16.7 Million up 23%
Game 5- 23.6 Million Highest game 5 since 2009

Cowboys- Eagles 18 Million, This is down from previous years in the 24 Million range

Other numbers to ponder"

• Warriors vs Pelicans 1.875 Million
• Jags vs Titans on Thursday 5 Million
• The OReilly Factor  3,831 Million
• Arkansas Alabama 4.4 Million
•  LSU Auburn 4 Million vs Cub Giants 9.7 Million. Head to Head. 
• Giants Vikings Monday night 13 Million
• Saints Falcons opposite Debates 8 Million
• AFC championship game last year 53 Million. 
• 33 Million watched Alabama vs Clemson.
• NBA Finals runs around 20.5 Million with Cavs Warriors, which is up. 
• The Masters 17 Million in final round. 
• College Basketball 2015 28.3 million and last year 22.3 million. 

Basically, the NFL is in a class of its own and Football is king.
College Football is second.
Then take your pick,
I think it is College BBall,
NBA
MLB
Golf.
Hockey Finals barely beats SEC Football games at 5 Million on  a good night.
Nascar runs big races between 1.4 and 3.6 million viewers/

I did find statistics to suggest that the decline in the NFL this year has been slowing happening since 2013.

This 10% mark they are discussing is from 11% to 10% on the games.
Basically all sports are down from what I can see.


J.

Kershaw's ERA

Clayton Kershaw finished this year with a career ERA mark of 2.37 after 9 seasons.  Checking the career lists, he sits 24th all-time.  However, to put it into context, to find anyone on the list who was a starter and who would qualify as modern-day, you have to go all the way to #88 where Whitey Ford sits at 2.74.  Mariano Rivera is at #13 with a 2.21, but of course he only had to produce in 1-inning stints.  So, there are no starters who pitched in the live-ball era that are closer than a third of a run to Kershaw, which is statistically miles away.  It's just exceedingly rare in sports to see anyone perform at a level so far above anyone else.  I just wish he could translate into the playoffs.

S