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re: Different cities' fandomship hierarchies
Posted on 5/12/11 at 11:04 pm to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 5/12/11 at 11:04 pm to RLDSC FAN
quote:
I may be wrong but I always thought the cubs ruled chicago sports.
I know they love the bears but are they really more popular than the cubs?
The only reason I think it might not be is because there's another baseball team in town. If the Cubs were the only ones, it'd easily be Cubs.
This is my Chi guess, knowing lots of people from Chicago:
Bears > Cubs > Blackhawks = Bulls > White Sox
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Posted on 5/12/11 at 11:26 pm to The Easter Bunny
quote:
I actually would put all the >>>s between Falcons and Hawks
true. i wanted to emphasize how little a shite was given for the thrashers
so its more like: College Football > Braves >> Falcons >>>>>>>>> Hawks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Varsity >>>>>>> Aquarium >>>>>> World of Coke >>>> Thrashers
Posted on 5/12/11 at 11:36 pm to Damn Good Dawg
Growing up in Detroit, I'd admit it is a pretty front-running town. It always depends on who is doing well, and seeing as how the Red Wings have been the model pro sports franchise for the past two decades, they are probably number 1.
Right now, Detroit : Red Wings > Lions > Tigers > Pistons
Right now, Detroit : Red Wings > Lions > Tigers > Pistons
Posted on 5/12/11 at 11:39 pm to HumbleNinja
Yeah, the Bruins are number two in Boston, behind the Sox.
Blackhawks are easily ahead of the White Sox and at least running real close to the Bulls in ChiTown, maybe ahead.
Blackhawks are easily ahead of the White Sox and at least running real close to the Bulls in ChiTown, maybe ahead.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 11:41 pm to xiv
New Orleans: Saints > Edwin Edwards > Hornets
Posted on 5/12/11 at 11:53 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:blackhawks easy over the sox
Chicago- Bears > Cubs > Bulls > White Sox > Blackhawks
Posted on 5/13/11 at 12:13 am to bags03
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Phoenix: Suns - Cardinals - Diamondbacks - Coyotes
Having been out to Phoenix 6 times now, I'd argue the Dodgers are higher than the Cardinals and Diamondbacks. And I've was out there for the Cardinals Super Bowl season, the Dodgers just have a huge fan base in the valley.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 12:50 am to Atari
Reds >>>> Bengals
Posted on 5/13/11 at 12:58 am to Bench McElroy
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save for a very brief period in the early '90s when both the Mets and Yankees were down
and because the Knicks and Giants were both good at the time.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 9:03 am to BayouBengals03
rule of thumb- it's NFL #1 unless you have a truly iconic franchise in another sport
for NOLA i'd put the voodoo ahead of the zephyrs though
saints>hornets>(LSU)>voodoo>zephyrs>high schools combined>tulane>jesters>big easy rollergirls>uno
for NOLA i'd put the voodoo ahead of the zephyrs though
saints>hornets>(LSU)>voodoo>zephyrs>high schools combined>tulane>jesters>big easy rollergirls>uno
Posted on 5/13/11 at 9:22 am to Bench McElroy
quote:There is a certain logic to the Knicks being #1.
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NYC is the basketball mecca of the world and a good Knicks team would run that city imo.
No they won't. If the Yankees are winning, they will always be the front page sports story in New York. Does anybody in New York hold the same reverence for Walt Frazier and Willis Reed like they do for Mickey Mantle and Joe Dimaggio or heck even a Don Mattingly? Baseball has always ruled New York save for a very brief period in the early '90s when both the Mets and Yankees were down.
If you live in the five boroughs, you're a Knicks fan; there are virtually no Nets fans around. All the other fandomships are split way closer to the middle than Knicks/Nets. I'd probably say that Yankees fans outnumber Mets fans 2:1 (just an educated guess).
The second factor is that almost all Yankees fans root for the Yankees first and then all of their other teams, with the Knicks being a likely #2 or #3.
So, if you ask every single NYC sports fan to fill out his favorite team for the four major sports, the Knicks probably will get a higher percentage of answers than the Yankees, but the Yankees will have more people listing them as #1 among their four teams.
I've been thinking of dicking around and setting up a web questionnaire that asks these questions:
1. Where do you live now?
2. Where is "Home?"
3 a&b&c&d&etc. Who are your teams, and in what order?
I'd try to make a series of maps that showed this data in a really gay, color-coordinated way.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 11:07 am to NIH
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DC: Skins, Capitols, Nationals, Wizards
I'd say Skins>>>>>Nats>Caps>Wiz
Even though the Caps are one of the best teams in their league and the Nats are not, the following the Nats have here is pretty huge.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 11:13 am to xiv
quote:
Boston: Red Sox > Patriots = Celtics > Bruins
Boston: Red Sox > Patriots > Bruins > Celtics.
Boston is about as apathetic a sports town as you could be with one of the most traditioned NBA teams out there.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 11:17 am to chalmetteowl
quote:I'd say most northern cities lean towards baseball over football. MLB is the college football of the northeast.
rule of thumb- it's NFL #1 unless you have a truly iconic franchise in another sport
Posted on 5/13/11 at 11:17 am to Jcorye1
quote:
Boston: Red Sox > Patriots > Bruins > Celtics.
Boston is about as apathetic a sports town as you could be with one of the most traditioned NBA teams out there.
I always figured Boston was king of the sports towns. I also always figured that it would be more like this....
Red Sox - Pats/Celtics - Bruins
Posted on 5/13/11 at 11:18 am to Bench McElroy
quote:
NYC- Yankees > Knicks > Giants > Mets > Jets > Rangers > Is
you think the knicks are bigger than the giants?
Posted on 5/13/11 at 11:18 am to Kid Charlemagne
Philly is the king of sports towns. Those guys are absolutely insane.
Insane, I tell you.
Insane, I tell you.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 11:20 am to Volmanac
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Yeah, the Bruins are number two in Boston, behind the Sox
No way the Bruins are #2 in the Boston sports hierarchy. Maybe 17 years ago, before Bledsoe's arrival. But the question seems to be about current times.
The Bruins definitely rank ahead of the Celtics, no doubt about that. I remember listening to their games on the radio in the pre-Orr era when there were only 6 NHL teams and they played each of the other 5 teams 14 times a season. Hockey fans back then not only knew all the Bruins' names, but most of the names on the other teams.
I love the Bruins and have since I was a little kid, obviously.
But the Patriots for the last 15 years or so have become a year-round sports story throughout New England, like the Red Sox. Each year when the Bruins ' season ends, you hear little about them until the start of the following season. Patriots hats and gear are everywhere throughout the 6 state region, year-round. Rare to see a Bruins cap or jersey "out of season".
Hockey and basketball are at their peak in the Spring during the playoffs, and with the BRUINS going to the ECF, naturally right now they are the toast of the town. But if you had been up here after they fell down 2 games to none to Les Habs in the opening round, when all but the most hardcore fans wrote them off, you would realize Boston and New England love 'em but don't lose sleep over them, as they do over the Pats and Red Sox.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 11:21 am to xiv
Portland : Timbers > Trailblazers
Soccer is a communist sport, therefore the Timbers will rein the city of Portland.
Soccer is a communist sport, therefore the Timbers will rein the city of Portland.
Posted on 5/13/11 at 11:32 am to Baloo
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I'd say most northern cities lean towards baseball over football. MLB is the college football of the northeast.
To be more specific, I'd say that line is drawn somewhere north of Philly, but south of NYC. Philly and DC are football towns.
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