The 2022 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2022 season. The 118th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League champion Houston Astros and the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies.
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The Philadelphia Phillies entered the 2022 season with the longest postseason drought in the National League and the second-longest in MLB, behind the Seattle Mariners.[1]
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According to Nielsen ratings, Game 1 of the 2022 World Series drew 11.48 viewers. While this was an improvement over previous two years, it was still the third least-watched World Series opener in television history.[2] Game 2 had the lowest viewership of any game in the Series at 10.8 million, while Game 5 was the most-watched, with 12.8 million total viewers. This was more consistent than the previous year, where per-game viewership ranged from 10.2 million to 14.3 million.[3]
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ESPN Radio broadcast the World Series for the 25th consecutive year. Dan Shulman served as play-by-play announcer, with Jessica Mendoza and Eduardo Pérez as color commentators and Buster Olney as field reporter.[4] The 2022 World Series was Shulman's 12th and final championship broadcast for ESPN Radio; he was succeeded by Jon Sciambi in 2023.[5] Kevin Winter hosted the pregame shows with analyst Doug Glanville.[4]
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In 2022, Capital One took over from Bank of America as the "official bank and credit card partner" of MLB, an agreement which also made Capital One the presenting sponsor of the 2022 World Series.[6] Capital One promoted their business by offering branded orange rally towels during World Series games at Minute Maid Park and scarves at Citizens Bank Park.[7]
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- ^ Lauber, Scott (October 4, 2022). "'Now we know we can do it': What ending their playoff drought means for the Phillies". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ Porter, Rick (October 31, 2022). "TV Ratings: World Series Opener Hits Three-Year High". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ Campione, Katie (November 8, 2022). "Astros World Series Win Scores 12.5M Total Viewers, Slips Nearly 2M From Last Year's Game 6 Audience". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ a b Martin, Katie Hughes (October 26, 2022). "ESPN Radio Celebrates 25 Years as National Audio Home of the World Series as Philadelphia Phillies vs. Houston Astros Game 1 is Friday". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ Laskaris, Adam (October 17, 2022). "Dan Shulman picks Sportsnet over ESPN for next Blue Jays' playoff run". Daily Hive. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ Young, Jabari (March 28, 2022). "MLB reaches a $125 million sponsorship deal with Capital One". CNBC. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ "SBJ Unpacks: Business of MLB solid heading into World Series". Sports Business Journal. October 27, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.