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MLB delivers biggest TV ratings since NFL playoffs

The Major League Baseball World Series match between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies broadcast at the weekend delivered the highest Saturday night television rating in the US since the National Football League playoffs in January.

Bloomberg reports that the match, which the Yankees won 8-5, was watched in 9.1 per cent of US households. After three matches in this year’s World Series, the ratings are 42 per cent better than at this stage last year.

The Yankees lead the seven match series 2-1.