2. The story
• Sources from Fox News and Forbes, among
others
• The Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals
played a fought 6 game series
• The Red Sox ended up winning their 3rd World
Series title in the last 10 years, and clinched
the World Series at home for the first time
since 1918.
3. Game 3 Controversy
• The World Series was not without controversy.
Good Morning America sums up what
happened:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl7dmcscj
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4. Effect on TV ratings & Social Media
• TV ratings skyrocketed: Up 17% from last year’s
World Series
• Viewership increased every round in the playoffs
for the first time since 2001
• There were 1.6 million Tweets posted about the
World Series during game 6, and 4.3 million total
during the World Series. This is an 86% increase
from 2012.
• The World Series also drew 32 million
interactions from Facebook