Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Har ila yau, a 1998, NBC ta ɗaukar hoto na ALCS shi ne mafi girma da aka ƙayyade ga kowane League Championship Series tun kafin yajin aikin 1994. NBC ta sami matsakaicin ƙimar 9.4 don wasannin shida, wanda ya karu da kashi 6% fiye da yadda cibiyar sadarwa ta rufe 1997 NLCS
a cikin lokaci guda. Ƙididdigar ta kasance 13% fiye da Fox na ALCS a cikin 1997 da kuma 12% fiye da NBC a cikin 1996.