Northeast Ohio is crazy about its sports teams year-round, but April is one of those periods in which the insanity reaches a level normally reserved for MTV reality shows.

The Indians' home opener might as well be a holiday for many offices in the area, the NFL draft is Cleveland's version of the Super Bowl, and LeBron James and the Cavs begin their annual trek to the NBA Finals.

The TV viewership numbers are a fun way to measure that craziness. And the fans didn't disappoint in April.

• The combined rating in the Cleveland market for the first round of the NFL draft last week was 16.0, which trailed only Buffalo's 17.3. Prior to 2018, Cleveland had led ESPN's first-round ratings for four consecutive years (including a 12.6 ESPN-only rating in 2017), but Buffalo ended that streak this year.

Cleveland was the third-rated market for ESPN's three-day coverage of the draft, with a norm of 3.9 that trailed only Columbus (4.4) and New Orleans (4.2). Cincinnati (3.5) and Dayton (3.3) gave Ohio four cities in the top eight.

• On April 6, the Indians' home opener generated a combined 16.46 rating on WKYC and SportsTime Ohio. The rating was the second-best for a Tribe home opener on STO.

That same night, the Cavs' 132-130 loss at Philadelphia drew an 8.4 rating on Fox Sports Ohio.

• Three days later, the Cavs' 123-109 win at the Knicks produced a solid 9.0 rating on FSO, edging an 8.8 rating for the Tribe's 2-0 win over the Tigers on STO. For perspective, the 9.0 for the Cavs was a point better than the team's 7.98 regular-season norm, which ranked second in the league, and the Tribe's 8.8 was a half-point ahead of the Indians' 2017 average of 8.33, which was the best in baseball.

• On April 11, the slight edge went to the Indians, with Tribe's win over the Tigers producing a 9.4 rating and the Cavs' regular-season finale against the Knicks generating a very good 9.0 rating on FSO.

• The five Cavs first-round playoff games that were shown on Fox Sports Ohio posted an average rating of 8.62, which is significant when you consider that the broadcasts went head-to-head with Cavs-Pacers games that were also being shown by TNT (three of the five) or ESPN (two of the five).

• ABC had the exclusive rights to Games 1 and 7 in Round 1, and the latter resulted in a monstrous 24.6 rating in the Cleveland market — the best for a Cavs first-round game in eight years.

• Prior to the Cavs starting the postseason, the Indians' 8.32 ratings average on STO was the best in MLB. Entering Wednesday, the Tribe's norm had dropped to 7.47, which would still put the club on track to post its second-best season rating in more than 10 years (trailing only last year's 8.33).

Two caveats on that: If the Indians are contenders — and considering the state of American League Central Division, the Tribe probably could have a disappointing regular season and still clinch a playoff spot with a couple weeks to spare — the ratings will rise later in the season, especially once the Cavs complete their playoff run.

Caveat No. 2: Prior to Thursday, 12 Indians broadcasts on STO were played on the same day as Cavs regular-season and postseason games, including four contests that started at the same time as a Cavs playoff game and a total of nine broadcasts that started within a two-hour window of a Cavs tipoff.

• How's this for an eight-day ratings run: From April 6, the home opener, until April 13, when the Indians lost to the Blue Jays, seven Tribe games on STO had ratings of at least 8.76, and all eight had a rating of 7.99 or higher. The respective ratings during that stretch: 16.46, 9.24, 9.85, 8.76, 9.19, 9.39, 7.99 and 9.55.

Sure, it helps a heck of a lot that the Cavs and Indians are contenders at the same time, but the numbers are incredible.

We can only imagine what would happen if Baker Mayfield and John Dorsey turn the Browns into an annual playoff threat.