oldschooler Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 [b][size="5"]Report says Indians most hated team[/size][/b] ESPN.com news services With 27 World Series championships, baseball's highest payroll and some of the most boastful fans in sports, the [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=nyy"][color="#225fb2"]New York Yankees[/color][/url] have to be the team other baseball fans love to hate, right? Wrong. According to a formula created by The Neilsen Company, there are four teams more detested than the Bronx Bombers, [url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575210384180269378.html"][color="#225fb2"]The Wall Street Journal[/color][/url] reported. According to a report, Slider and his Cleveland Indians are baseball's Public Enemy No. 1 among fans. The No. 1 most disliked team in baseball, according to the formula, is the [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=cle"][color="#225fb2"]Cleveland Indians[/color][/url]. The [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bos"][color="#225fb2"]Boston Red Sox[/color][/url], 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. Neilsen's "Sentiment Rankings" ranges from 5 to -5. No team finished with a negative number. But six teams finished with a number lower than 2. The rest of the not-so top 10: [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=cha"][color="#225fb2"]Chicago White Sox[/color][/url] (No. 7), [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bal"][color="#225fb2"]Baltimore Orioles[/color][/url] (No. 8), [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=nym"][color="#225fb2"]New York Mets[/color][/url] (No. 9) and [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=lad"][color="#225fb2"]Los Angeles Dodgers[/color][/url] (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 [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=cin"][color="#225fb2"]Cincinnati Reds[/color][/url] (No. 3) and [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=hou"][color="#225fb2"]Houston Astros[/color][/url] (No. 4) also ranked higher than the Yankees on the hatred scale. The [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=was"][color="#225fb2"]Washington Nationals[/color][/url] (No. 6) were the only other team to have a number lower than 2. The [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=sfo"][color="#225fb2"]San Francisco Giants[/color][/url] and [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=oak"][color="#225fb2"]Oakland Athletics[/color][/url] were the most popular teams among fans, according to [url="http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/giants-as-tops-among-baseballs-sentimental-favorites/"][color="#225fb2"]Neilsen's study[/color][/url]. [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5146663&campaign=rss&source=twitter&ex_cid=Twitter_espn_5146663"]http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5146663&campaign=rss&source=twitter&ex_cid=Twitter_espn_5146663[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scales Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 YOWCH. I wonder why the venom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 [quote name='The Scales' date='29 April 2010 - 07:36 AM' timestamp='1272551760' post='884834'] YOWCH. I wonder why the venom? [/quote] No kidding. That makes no sense to me. Plus how can anyone hate the Reds when they haven't had a winning season in nearly 10 years; losing all the time doesn't exactly put you in the spotlight around the country... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Is it really venom, or apathy? What factors went into determining how "hated" a team is? The only way I could see the Reds ranking that high on the hate scale is if the survey was actually taken in 1976. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Sounds like the poll was taken of a bunch of self-loathing Buckeye-staters. Cleveland and Cincy in the top 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turningpoint Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Probably took the damn pole in 1990 in the sf bay area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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