Article: ESPN's Home Run Derby Ratings Down

The Associated Press
AP Online
07-11-2000
ESPN's Home Run Derby Ratings Down

No Big Mac meant smaller TV ratings for the Home Run Derby.

ESPN's broadcast Monday night of the All-Star slugfest at Turner Field earned a 5.73 national cable rating, a drop of 24 percent from last year's 7.51 and the lowest since 1997.

Sammy Sosa beat three-time winner Ken Griffey Jr. in the derby final. With injuries to Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds and Manny Ramirez, there wasn't nearly the drama of last year, when Griffey won and ...

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