Hi, being from out the area, I was very curious about the loyalty Buffalo has for MLB and NBA teams.
1) Which MLB team is most popular?
Yanks/Mets/Sox/Jays/Indians/Pirates
2) To what extent..are we talking very split or highly partisan towards say New York?
3) For the NBA, I had the same question.
Is this Knicks/Celtics/Raptors base or none?
4) What teams do you get aired locally on television?
-Just New York, or NESN and others too?
5) Is there a changing shift?
6) To me...it would make most sense for the Buffalo region to be strongly in favor the Yankees over the Red Sox since they are in the same state and distance is not a factor.
Buffalo gets the Yankees teams not the Sox.
At the same...I would think the Jays would have a base being the closest...90 miles away...and maybe the Pirates and Indians would since they are also closer than the Yanks and Sox.
Yet when I looked at this map link...it showed the area to have little presence of the Jays/Pirates/and Indians.
First...is this accurate with it being a Yanks base...and then...do the Jays/Pirates/Indians have any base here...more than the Sox...if not...why given proximity?
CommonCensus Sports Map Project
Thanks!