By comparison, just 15.5 million people watched game four of the 2010 World Series, which was the most watched of the five game series.

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But unless the 2010 World Series goes the distance, the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers could turn in the biggest TV dud in World Series history.

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Once the 2014 baseball season arrives, look for ever more knock-down drag-out fights between networks and cable companies over subscription fees, the same kind that led to Fox pulling part of the 2010 World Series between the Rangers and Giants from Cablevision in New York.

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The next major events for Daley, who has been shortlisted for the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year award, will be the 2010 Diving World Series, which begins in Dubai in March and reaches Sheffield in April.

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If they come back against Texas and go on to win the World Series, history will deservedly record the 2010 Yankee team as a champion.

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All the while, costing the Yankees not only postseason revenue in 2010 if they fail to make the World Series, but then again in the offseason if and when they sign him to the richest contract in hurler history.

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From 1973 until his death in 2010, George Steinbrenner won 11 AL pennants and seven World Series titles as Yankee owner.

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Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira to lead them to a World Series title in 2009, the Yanks are not a shoo-in to capture the 2010 championship.

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The iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index ( EWH) peaked on Nov. 8, 2010 and has been correcting while many of the other world markets have made a series of new highs.

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