The afor mentioned plus Cubs, Phillies, and Dodgers. This doesnt say that other teams have bad fans, its just that they dont have too many out of market fans. Say the Brewers and Twins were to make the series, Im sure theyd fill the stadium without a problem, because both teams have great local fan bases, at least when they're doing well, but they wouldnt get much out of market viewership, because well, aside from Chicago, and maybe Detroit, nobody really cares about the midwest. You often seem to underestimate how huge of an out of market fan base that the Cubs have, its probably 2nd to only the Yankees, maybe the Red Sox. If they were to make the series, it would probably be the highest rated in quite some time because of the 100+ year drought. I'd have to imagine if the Cubs made the series it would be up there with some of the highest rated of all time simply because the Cubs in the World Series would resonate with a lot of people who don't care about baseball. Everyone in the country knows the Cubs and everyone knows them as the ultimate perennial loser. In '03 everyone in high school who didn't follow baseball or have a favorite team became a Cubs fan.