"They have no nationally-recognized stars."
That's what makes it better, your watching a team being managed like baseball was meant to be played, instead of million aires being led by a CEO.
You can keep Sosa, Giambi, McGwire and all the other juiced up egomaniacs. As a baseball purist, I've always viewed them as ruining the game. That's why the 2003 Marlins over the Steroid Sosa-led "Cubbies" was so enjoyable to watch. A truly conservative approach.
Not to beat a dead horse, but I was commenting on why the rating w/b lower w/o these types of players. Of course, now that the ratings for the Series are out and are the lowest in history, that might have been a contributing factor.
The shortness of the Series, even though the games were generally good and close, didn't even give the average fan a chance to really get to know these guys, many of whom were playing on a national stage for the first time.
And then when Clemens leaves because of injury...