Ratings Continue to Soar for Tampa Bay Rays on Sun Sports; Pacing +72% vs. Last Year

Dome Sweet Dome for the Tampa Bay Rays who are finding Tropicana Field to be quite a comforting place this season. At 14-3 on their own turf, the Rays have the best home record in the Major Leagues with an .823 winning percentage and are tied with 3 other teams with the overall most wins in Major League Baseball. The Rays have won 4 straight to keep their grip on 1^st place in the AL East with the Baltimore Orioles. With the Boston Red Sox in town, the Rays had their 3^rd best rated game of the year with a 7.3 HH Rtg. This is the 3^rd time this year the Rays have been over a 7 rating this season, which matches last season’s over 7 production, however those higher ratings in 2011 came in the last series of the season with the Wild Card on the line. This season on SUN Sports, the Rays are averaging a 5.6 HH through 37 games. This is 72% vs. last season with the same game output  and nearly 10% above the 2010 pace which was the best Rays ratings season on SUN Sports/FS Florida. 

(Thanks to Brian Traynor for the write up. - cb)