Baseball Playoffs a Ratings Winner for Cable Network B&C

On Wednesday, the first day of 2009 Major League Baseball postseason, TBS drew an average of 4.9 million viewers, up 16% from last year, according to B&C.

The New York Yankees vs. the Minnesota Twins game scored the highest Nielsen rating, 4.3 (6.6 million viewers); the L.A. Dodgers vs. the St. Louis Cardinal game garnered a 3.3 (4.9 million viewers) and the Philadelphia Phillies vs. the Colorado Rockies -- an afternoon game -- earned a 2.0 (2.8 million viewers).

--Allison J. Waldman