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Game 7 of the World Series shattered MLB television records
Dexter Fowler

Game 7 of the World Series shattered MLB television records

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:34 p.m. ET

It will take a long time -- years, most likely -- to fully appreciate what we witnessed in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series.

From Dexter Fowler's leadoff home run to the Indians' comeback to Rajai Davis' home run to Ben Zobrist's 10th-inning double to the final out that ended the Chicago Cubs' 108-year championship drought, the Cubs and Indians gave us one of the greatest baseball games of all time.

So, yeah, it'll take a bit to sink in.

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We do have some confirmation of just how great the game was, though, judging by how captivated America was. The initial television numbers are in and they are staggering:

In addition to those TV metrics, there is also this nugget from Twitter:

It is hard to think of how a World Series could be any better than the one the Indians and Cubs just produced.

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