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More on big Phelps ratings

To put Saturday night's peak Olympic ratings into perspective: The 37.2 rating for the quarter-hour when Michael Phelps was swimming was the fourth-highest quarter-hour rating and second-highest share in Baltimore in the past year. Here are the top five quarter-hour peaks:

Show                  Rating                Share

Super Bowl                50.3                67

Olympics (Wed.)        40.1               53

NFC championship      38.5               49

Olympics (Sat.)          37.2                59

Olympics (Wed.)        37.0                49 

(On Wednesday, Phelps swam in two finals.)

As always, thanks to the Ratings Diva, Kouri Cataldo of WBAL.

About Ray Frager
Ray Frager joined The Baltimore Sun’s sports department in 1985 and has been an assistant sports editor for more than 15 years. This is his second stint writing a sports media column for The Baltimore Sun. Most sequels aren't as good as the original, but then, the original wasn't all that great either.

Frager, born in 1957, grew up in northern Delaware (graduating from a high school that since has shut down) and received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Rider College in Lawrenceville, N.J. He worked as a reporter and copy editor at The Trenton Times and The Dallas Morning News before coming to Baltimore.

Surprisingly, if you look at his accompanying photo, Frager is married and has a son and daughter. He enjoys playing basketball and has organized pickup games among members of The Baltimore Sun staff for many years, which means they don't get too mad at him for shooting way too much.

He has a good beat and is easy to dance to. I'd give him an 85.
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