steelersfan
04-29-2010, 03:47 PM
NOT the Yankees??????..........:hmmm:
With 27 World Series championships, baseball's highest payroll and some of the most boastful fans in sports, the New York Yankees (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=nyy) have to be the team other baseball fans love to hate, right? Wrong.
According to a formula created by The Nielsen Company, there are four teams more detested than the Bronx Bombers, The Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575210384180269378.html) reported.
The No. 1 most-disliked team in baseball, according to the formula, is the Cleveland Indians (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=cle).
The Boston Red Sox (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bos), the Yankees' archrival, rank No. 2 on the list.
The formula helps determine whether consumers have positive, negative or neutral reactions to brands in their online messages. Nielsen's "Sentiment Rankings" range from 5 to minus-5. No team finished with a negative number. But six teams finished with a number lower than 2.
Some of the others making the not-so top 10: Chicago White Sox (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=cha) (No. 7), Baltimore Orioles (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bal) (No. 8), New York Mets (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=nym) (No. 9) and Los Angeles Dodgers (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=lad) (No. 10).
At least one Indians blogger wasn't surprised by the findings.
"I can believe that though," Deep Left Field Indians blogger Ed Carroll told the newspaper. "The team does a lot to alienate its fans."
The Cincinnati Reds (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=cin) (No. 3) and Houston Astros (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=hou) (No. 4) also ranked higher than the Yankees on the hatred scale. The Washington Nationals (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=was) (No. 6) were the only other team to have a number lower than 2.
The San Francisco Giants (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=sfo) and Oakland Athletics (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=oak) were the most popular teams among fans, according to Nielsen's study.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5146663
With 27 World Series championships, baseball's highest payroll and some of the most boastful fans in sports, the New York Yankees (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=nyy) have to be the team other baseball fans love to hate, right? Wrong.
According to a formula created by The Nielsen Company, there are four teams more detested than the Bronx Bombers, The Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575210384180269378.html) reported.
The No. 1 most-disliked team in baseball, according to the formula, is the Cleveland Indians (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=cle).
The Boston Red Sox (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bos), the Yankees' archrival, rank No. 2 on the list.
The formula helps determine whether consumers have positive, negative or neutral reactions to brands in their online messages. Nielsen's "Sentiment Rankings" range from 5 to minus-5. No team finished with a negative number. But six teams finished with a number lower than 2.
Some of the others making the not-so top 10: Chicago White Sox (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=cha) (No. 7), Baltimore Orioles (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bal) (No. 8), New York Mets (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=nym) (No. 9) and Los Angeles Dodgers (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=lad) (No. 10).
At least one Indians blogger wasn't surprised by the findings.
"I can believe that though," Deep Left Field Indians blogger Ed Carroll told the newspaper. "The team does a lot to alienate its fans."
The Cincinnati Reds (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=cin) (No. 3) and Houston Astros (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=hou) (No. 4) also ranked higher than the Yankees on the hatred scale. The Washington Nationals (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=was) (No. 6) were the only other team to have a number lower than 2.
The San Francisco Giants (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=sfo) and Oakland Athletics (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=oak) were the most popular teams among fans, according to Nielsen's study.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5146663