This week Thursday Night Football brings us the Houston Astros vs the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. Wait... what?
That's right, the MLB has scheduled their championship series at the same time as a prime time NFL game. If this edition of TNF had 2 successful NFL teams with deeply committed fan bases, that might pose an issue for World Series viewership. But...
By now, “Philadelphia” is likely a 4-letter word in most of Space City. Philly currently has the #1 team in the NFL’s National Football Conference and the #1 team in MLB’s National League.