Most liked MLB teams on Facebook (compiled by myself) (athletics, games, Baltimore Orioles)
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So basically, I calculated this measure just by entering the name of the team and seeing how many likes the official team pages got. Here's what I got:
1) New York Yankees - 6,080,397
2) Boston Red Sox - 3,724,633
3) Chicago Cubs - 1,718,759
4) San Francisco Giants - 1,544,871
5) Texas Rangers - 1,403,166
6) St. Louis Cardinals - 1,328,512
7) Philadelphia Philies - 1,250,288
8) Atlanta Braves - 1,232,131
9) Los Angeles Dodgers - 1,174,739
10) Detroit Tigers - 1,085,584
11) Chicago White Sox - 934,536
12) Minnesota Twins - 782,047
13) Cincinnati Reds - 613,759
14) Milwaukee Brewers - 608,435
15) New York Mets - 608,008
16) Cleveland Indians - 547,227
17) Los Angeles Angels - 521,524
18) Seattle Mariners - 515,715
19) Colorado Rockies - 486,623
20) Toronto Blue Jays - 464,780
21) Tampa Bay Rays - 439,401
22) Houston Astros - 433,088
23) Baltimore Orioles - 419,331
24) San Diego Padres - 390,816
25) Pittsburgh Pirates - 373,628
26) Oakland Athletics - 355,182
27) Kansas City Royals - 305,160
28) Miami Marlins - 291,833
29) Arizona Diamondbacks - 274,016
30) Washington Nationals - 196,985
Hey look at that, Atlanta's in the top 10. I'm surprised. I'm also surprised by the gap between the Yankees, then the Sox, and then everybody else. I mean I expected those teams to be at the top but I didn't expect the gaps to be so big.
Hey look at that, Atlanta's in the top 10. I'm surprised. I'm also surprised by the gap between the Yankees, then the Sox, and then everybody else. I mean I expected those teams to be at the top but I didn't expect the gaps to be so big.
I think 20 years ago, Atlanta would have been in the top 3 or 4, along with the Cubs, because all their games were televised on cable everywhere.
Hey look at that, Atlanta's in the top 10. I'm surprised. I'm also surprised by the gap between the Yankees, then the Sox, and then everybody else. I mean I expected those teams to be at the top but I didn't expect the gaps to be so big.
The Yanks and the Sox are pretty much shoved down our throats via ESPN, movies, books, etc. Think about how often those two teams are mentioned in popular American culture vs. other MLB teams. Naturally, the idea of "baseball" is then boiled down to those two teams.
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Originally Posted by jtur88
I think 20 years ago, Atlanta would have been in the top 3 or 4, along with the Cubs, because all their games were televised on cable everywhere.
Yeah, Atlanta would've definitely been probably either 3 or 4. I remember even here in LA, I'd get broadcasts of Braves games (via TBS) and Cubs games (via WGN), since both of those channels were standard in any basic cable package back in the 1990s.
The Yanks and the Sox are pretty much shoved down our throats via ESPN, movies, books, etc. Think about how often those two teams are mentioned in popular American culture vs. other MLB teams. Naturally, the idea of "baseball" is then boiled down to those two teams.
Yeah, Atlanta would've definitely been probably either 3 or 4. I remember even here in LA, I'd get broadcasts of Braves games (via TBS) and Cubs games (via WGN), since both of those channels were standard in any basic cable package back in the 1990s.
If you add up the two Chicago teams, they get somewhat closer to Boston....
This is nit picking but the "like" feature on f book came much later.
No you're right...I've had my Facebook since 2006 and I should've remembered that.
It would be interesting to track this over time and see where the bandwagon starts going.
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