The Houston Astros and New York Yankees one game Wild Card winner-take-all match up scored ESPN its highest ratings for a baseball game in twelve years.
The Houston Astros and the New York Yankees don't have a storied rivalry, like the Yankees and Red Sox, or the Dodgers and Giants. Despite the presence of the first woman broadcaster in the booth for a playoff contest for the first time in major sports history, the star of the commentary for the game was undoubtedly Tampa Bay Rays ace Chris Archer - who was only a guest for a couple half innings to provide analysis of Dallas Keuchel and Masahiro Tanaka.