 The Mets performance in the playoffs drew heavy television viewership , with the decisive game of the NLCS scoring the highest ratings for any League Championship Series broadcast since 1993 . Overall the NLCS averaged 10 @.@ 9 million viewers , 18 % higher than the NLCS had drawn the year before . Variety writer Tom Bierbaum argued this was a good sign for the future of baseball because the Mets and Boston Red Sox had drawn younger viewers during their time in the postseason . Bierbaum believed that baseball needed fresh teams , not just the often @-@ successful Yankees and Braves , to draw new audiences and grow viewership . 
