(Photo of TV by Nationals Enquirer Staff. Rob Dibble (center left) seen yucking it up with Bob Carpenter and Pirates mascot Captain Jolly Roger back in August.)
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Dibble good for 66.7% jump in MASN's Nats ratings in 2009?
Over at the DC Sports Bog, Dan Steinberg takes a break from piling on the Redskins to breaking down Sports Business Journal's MLB regular-season TV ratings report. Dan highlights the good, and the bad:
The Nats regional TV ratings on MASN and MASN2 increased by 67 percent, to a 0.60. Their average audience increased 75 percent to 14,000 households. Both increases were easily the biggest in the Majors. ...
The .060 and 14,000 numbers, both remain the lowest numbers in MLB, by sort of a lot, with the exception of Oakland. ...Ten teams, for example, attracted an average audience of at least 95,000 households.
So, should we chalk up the ratings bump to The Rob Dibble Effect, or to a better job done by MASN to get the word out about how to find "tonight's game" on one of MASN, MASN2, MASNHD, MASNFU, etc.?
We'll put our money on MASN's marketing department.
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Dibble's light years better than Darling, but so's a ham sandwich. But I really miss Tom Paciorek. Lively, informative, very funny and great improvisation. Ah well.
Posted by: ed | October 13, 2009 at 08:56 AM
I agree with ed about Paciorek, whom I used to love back when he was broadcasting White Sox games. He even managed to make the insufferable Ken Harrleson tolerable.
Dibble's far more entertaining than Sutton, so I guess it was a win considering how late the change was made.
Posted by: bdrube | October 13, 2009 at 09:29 AM
Intially, I didn’t like Ron Dibble and I would call him Ron Drivel, but I grew to like the man. He is very entertaining and isn’t afraid to criticize the Nats. Despite the jump in ratings, I expect he will be canned on orders from the Lerners.
Posted by: El Rey | October 13, 2009 at 09:49 AM
We can live with another season of Dibble in the booth if he promises to refrain from cheering/clapping when good things are happening for the Nats. Either that or bring back Paul Lo Duca to the booth: Sounds like Paulie could use the money.
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | October 13, 2009 at 11:04 AM
I vote for Dibble, he makes bad games entertaining, and yes, we all remember Ron Darling....
Posted by: Rob Dibble | October 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Okay, Rob. Your vote has been tallied. So what's with the clapping and cheering, anyway?
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | October 13, 2009 at 03:59 PM
It's all party of being nasty.
Posted by: Rob Dibble | October 13, 2009 at 08:50 PM