Eh, this is kind of misleading. First of all, the poll was taken asking if you had positive, negative, or neutral feelings towards a team...not necessarily hatred or love. Also, the study gauged fan reaction to THIS season only. They did the same thing in the preseason and some teams changed up to 15 ranks either up or down in a matter of weeks.

http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/giants-as-tops-among-baseballs-sentimental-favorites/

You could take 'negative' to mean do you think they suck or hate them? That's why Cleveland is down there. Astros are also very low. That's not because people hate that team...it's because they suck.

Yankees are definitely the most hated team. Fuck the Yankees. As a Red Sox fan, I can also understand why they would be high on the negative list. There's usually a backlash towards a successful team, especially with fans that can sometimes be *ahem* obnoxious. They're nowhere near the level as Yankee fans though.

GPFontaine wrote:

Klimbatize wrote: They're nowhere near the level as Yankee fans though. What planet are you from? Growing up in Central Connecticut and living in Boston for 5 years I feel qualified to state that I have seen both sides and live in the middle of the war. Red Sox fans are equally crazy and devoted to their team as Yankee fans. They do crazy shit and Boston as a whole is a much more hostile place for Yankee fans than New York is for those who like the Red Sox. In addition the conduct at the ballparks is equally terrible. In both locations wearing a jersey or hat of the opposing team could lead to physical harm.

Fuck! Excuse me. I'm from Earth, by the way.

You get to use your personal experience as evidence, so I get to as well. In my experience Yankee fans are more obnoxious, that's my opinion. I'm not saying Sox fans aren't obnoxious; they obviously are.

I've lived in both Sox and Yankee territory. I lived in upstate NY for 10 years (fan base was basically split evenly between the two teams) and Manhattan. I have lived in Arizona, Missouri, Washington state, and now Nevada. I have been to Fenway at least 100 times, and to the old Yankee Stadium at least 20 times. In my experience Yankee fans are motherfucking prick asshole scumbag jerkoffs that beat their wives. Hey, just my opinion. Sox fans can be described as drunk and obnoxious, but at least there's usually some good humor in their obnoxious behavior. Both teams are hated, and a large part of that is because of their fans. Yankees are hated more though.

Every city I've lived in has fans for both teams. Who are the biggest dicks? Yankee fans. Who are the bigger bandwagon jumpers? Yankee fans (though the Sox have plenty of those fans as well). Who are more likely to disappear when their teams sucks balls? Yankee fans. Who do most non-Yankee and non-Red Sox fans hate more? The Yankees. Who's fan base has double the rate of STDs than the general population? The Yankees. Who can go fuck themselves? The Yankees. Do I enjoy answering my own questions? Yes I do.

Oh, they don't need reminding. It's in their DNA.

Pandajuice wrote:

Wow, I had no idea people still cared about Baseball.

GPFontaine wrote:

What planet are you from?

username wrote:

Doddsino wrote: I think if there's ever been a team I turned on faster from love to hate, it was the 1997-1998 Marlins. Here's a team I used to love...literally lost it when they won the World Series, I was so happy. Then the next year, what do they do? They get rid of basically everyone. No real good reason for it, they just figured they would. Even got rid of Moses Alou, who won the fucking Series for them. I said fuck it after that and never looked back. i remember that. such bad management by the GM's. that was so retarded

It wasn't bad management by the GMs. It was all based on finances. Despite winning a World Series the Marlins still couldn't sell out their stadium. They couldn't afford to keep all their good players because they did not bring in enough revenue. The same thing happened in 2003 after the Marlins won.

Teams like the Marlins have to take advantage of a small window of opportunity before their players become too expensive. They've been fortunate enough to do so twice the last 15 years.

That's how baseball is set up, unfortunately.