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Probably St Louis considering how small the market is, and how Baseball and to a lesser extent Hockey are the only pro sports teams they really support now.
They actually supported their NFL franchises quite well also, until they were moved.....twice.
I gave my six year old his first “real” baseball glove this morning. A 10” Easton. We tossed the practice ball around for an hour this morning in the back yard before it got too hot and humid. He is still wearing the glove all around the house. I’m pretty sure he’ll wear it to bed. So, for today, I would definitely say it was Raleigh, NC.
San Francisco is just beyond the tail end of a long stretch of success which is usually when popularity peaks. Attendance is already down significantly even though they're actually still within a not unrealistic shot at the wild card. I suspect once they hit the depths of a true rebuild without any of the name players left (like say the Tigers this year), attendance will tank quite brutally.
My answer to this would be St.Louis by the way because I believe it is the only city on this list where the baseball team has a real, long-term claim to being the most popular team in town. I think Boston might be close though.
Cities like Chicago, St. Louis, and Boston are certainly America's most iconic baseball cities. But are they still the best baseball cities today? I'm talking about cities where the very identity of the place and people is wrapped up in the team(s), where the city is high and low when the baseball is high and low, and where people simply integrate baseball into wardrobes, conversations, and plans. Does this exist today? Where?
I obviously did not include every MLB city in the poll, but if you want to make the case for Tampa as America's baseball capital, please do so.
I gave my six year old his first “real” baseball glove this morning. A 10” Easton. We tossed the practice ball around for an hour this morning in the back yard before it got too hot and humid. He is still wearing the glove all around the house. I’m pretty sure he’ll wear it to bed. So, for today, I would definitely say it was Raleigh, NC.
Next weekend we work on his knuckleball.
My kids are 32 and 31, I miss those days. Enjoy every moment throwing the ball around with your kid!
They actually supported their NFL franchises quite well also, until they were moved.....twice.
The Rams should've never moved to St Louis in the first place... I don't understand that at all. Then again, I also don't think LA should have 2 (two) NFL teams.
The Rams should've never moved to St Louis in the first place... I don't understand that at all. Then again, I also don't think LA should have 2 (two) NFL teams.
LA wasn't supporting the Rams in the end to the owner's desire, wouldn't build them a new stadium, etc. Sound familiar?
Georgia Frontiere, the majority owner at the time, was from St. Louis and her hometown was willing give her the incentives that she wanted that Los Angeles wasn't. Upon her death though, Stan Kroenke became the majority owner and for whatever reason felt spurned by St. Louis' elites even though the city was willing to bend over backwards to keep the team. He wasn't willing to spend a dime on improving the team after they languished for years, and the only reason he did in LA was due to how abysmal their first season back in LA was.
He saw dollar signs, and he never wanted to be in St. Louis. His claims that St. Louis couldn't support another major league team besides the Cardinals was quickly disproven following the Blues win last season.
I had to edit this. I had an article linked but after reading it felt it would cause arguments and wasn't completely unbias.
I didn't agree with the praising of some cities and criticisms of others in each cities little bio, just wanted to put that out there.
The winner however was St. Louis, MO. ☺
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