OT: America Hates Ohio Sports...
According to an article on ESPN, Americans hate baseball teams from Ohio.
Based on a formula created by the Wall Street Journal, the Cleveland Indians were the most hated team in the MLB. Surprisingly, the Cincinnati Reds came in third.
I guess America hates the state of Ohio a bit more than I thought ...
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5146663
The rest of the list:
1. Indians 2. Red Sox 3. Reds 4. Astros 5. Yankees 6. Nats 7. White Sox
about the validity of this study. I guess I just can't wrap my feeble mind around anybody having reasons to hate the Reds more than the Yankees.
Or maybe it's that the love of the Yankees by their fans counteracts the vitirol they get from rational people, while the fans of the Reds justifiably hate the Reds. And a handful of other folks hate the Reds too, for some reason.
two words, Marge Schott
The Cleveland Indians were more hated than the NY Yankees (and 3 other teams for that matter)? (!) I highly doubt that. Even if the poll showed that, I don't believe it. I see where you're going, but something is wrong with that.
Clearly, these people haven't seen Major League.
It sounds like their formula for coming up with these rankings takes into account how many people like the teams as well. There is no doubt that there are way more yankee haters than indians haters but there are also a lot more yankees fans than indians fans. The yanks are definitely the most hated team in the sport if not all sports.
That would certiainly explain the Nats being on there.
I mean, really, the Nats?
Ohio sucks and all, but there's no team in baseball more hated than the Yankees
And I love America. Coincidence?
Apparently it was some sort of weird Nielsen formula that judged consumers' reactions to team-related messages.
But you guys are right: There's no possible way the Indians, Reds or anyone else is more hated than the Yankees. And it's not close.
"There's no possible way the Indians, Reds or anyone else is more hated than the Yankees. And it's not close."
Actually there is when you consider that, in effect, what they were measuring was "net hatred" rather than overall hatred or intensity of hatred.
No Butt's About It!
Steinbrenner said that putting this baseball in will only hurt for a minute or two, and he has a lot of experience with this...
FA is probably scratching his head at the Astros before the Yankees on that list.
I know a guy who who ushers at some Tigers games. He says he hates Cleveland fans more than any other team's fans.
There has been some discussion about this report here in Cleveland and no one in Cleveland really believes it either, I guess some people may still have some hate from the '90's but not to much anymore since we suck. Also, one factor that was used was how fans of the team feel about the team, this must of put us over the top because I'm pretty sure 99% of Indians fans hate the Dolans(the owners).
I'll believe this. I hate every team in Ohio no matter what. I went to college in Ohio and it was a grave mistake. They were so obnoxious about their teams and thought Ohio ruled the world.
I wouldn't be shocked if a lot of the negativity measured isn't aimed at the Indians specifically but at their racist logo. Especially with the hokey way the study measured negativity.
1a Red Sox
1b Cubs
1c Phillies
2 Everyone else
3. Tigers
April 30th, 2010 at 10:40 AM ^
This is actually hilarious. The biggest reason the Indians were #1 is because their own fans hate them right now. I still watch every game because I love baseball so much, but I won't give our owner 1 dime in that stadium this year. Sabathia I understood, just like Manny before him. However I will never forgive this organization for the Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez deals, and Grady Sizemore is next. There is only 1 player on our current roster that our GM actually drafted, ONE! and he got a fucking promotion! We also drafted Tim Lincecum but we didn't offer him enough money, and thus couldn't sign him, 2 cy youngs later....Oh, we also drafted a bum named Beau Mills 1 spot ahead of Jason Heyward. Heyward is 20 and in the big leagues, Mills is batting .154 in double-A. The biggest piece of the Cliff Lee deal is a 19 year old pitcher that already had shoulder surgery. I currently hate our organization more than Boston or New York, and I understand why the results were like this.