"I mean, ESPN's got a fixation on Yankees/Red Sox and the country is flat out tired of it. And what does ESPN continue to jam down the country's throat? Yankee and Red Sox coverage. Part of it is because of the population of New England and New York being involved here and the other part of it is because Bristol, Connecticut is ESPN's home."
Another part of it is a tradition that dates back over a century dealing with the longest, most dramatic and star-laden team-on-team matchup in professional sports history.
If the question of coverage being concentrated in the northeast or just pali east half a century ago, the point would be valid. We just didn't have the transportation technology and logistics to support wide expansion for a long schedule back then.
As to the Dodgers-Gieants rivalry falling 'way behind Yankees-Red Sox:
1. They left their "roots" half a century ago;
2. They haven't managed, as franchises, to generate close races involving their head-on collisions like the others have.
I'd say bedir's franchise color-coded franchise distribution map, combined with professional sports attendance figures for each franchise in professional sports, wou;d give evidence that the old NE stronghold is/has been giving way for some time now.
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