World Series Game 1 jumps 20 percent from Mets-Royals in early TV ratings

Cleveland (certainly) rocks — at least, for World Series TV ratings.

Game 1 of the 2016 Fall Classic rose 20 percent above last year's version, per Nielsen overnight numbers. It was 58 percent better than 2014's slow start.

Tuesday's kickoff to the best-of-seven Major League Baseball finale earned a 12.6 rating/21 share, according to the very early metric. For comparison, New York Mets-Kansas City Royals in 2015 had a 10.5/18, while 2014's San Francisco Giants-Royals got a 8.0/13.

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Last night, the Cleveland Indians shut out the Chicago Cubs, 6-0.

There is plenty of extra incentive for the two rabid fanbases this year. Famously, the Cubs haven't won a World Series in 108 years. It's been 68 years for the Indians, so, there's a bit of a drought there too.

Cleveland had been desperate for decades for a major sports title, untilLeBron James and the Cavaliers delivered an NBA trophy this June. Before that, the long-suffering city hadn't won one since 1964, when the Browns defeated the then-Baltimore Colts. That was so long ago that the Super Bowl wouldn't technically exist for two more years.

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