RotoGuru Baseball Forum

View the Forum Registry

XML Get RSS Feed for this thread


Self-edit this thread


0 Subject: Fans hate another team more than Yanks

Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 15:42

Not sure what to make of this.
1blue hen
      Dude
      ID: 710321114
      Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 15:49
You're biased.
2Farn @ work
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 15:54
Its a conspiracy from the left.
3Razor
      ID: 57854118
      Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 16:04
Interesting. Seems to indicate that Nielson' algorithm sucks. I'm big on data, but anecdotally, it seems preposterous to think that the Indians are more hated than the Yankees or Red Sox.
4Great One
      ID: 243372812
      Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 16:11
How about this... the Yankees have more fans than any other team, right? we can agree on that. So if they have the largest portion of the fans, they cannot have the largest portion of people hating them, right? If anything, I would have thought the Red Sox would be most hated based on this theory.
5Tree
      ID: 248472317
      Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 17:07
i would imagine much of the hatred for the Indians comes from Indians fans themselves, because the team sucks so much.

as for the Red Sox, it serves logic that there are a lot more Yankee fans than Red Sox fans, and they hate the Red Sox, hence their number two ranking.

then there's cincy and houston, who are somewhat inept, which might explain their high ranking.

it doesn't take science to know that the Yankees are the most hated team in baseball. it just takes common sense.
6slizz
      ID: 43133920
      Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 23:35
i can't wait to hear mr. courtrights take on this!
7Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 01:24
Yeah we all know all the Astros haters out there. Please.
8Perm Dude
      ID: 5510572522
      Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 01:56
Why would the two Ohio teams be #1 & 2? Doesn't make sense.

Of course, with the insufferable Red Sox and the loudmouth Yankees splitting the "hatah" votes, I guess someone has to win, right slizz?
9Toral
      ID: 4155487
      Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 03:21
ESPN's over night host has a better methodology. He went to Google and typed in "I hate" plus teams' names. Results: Indians 160,000; Yankees 1,700,000. (Approx.: I didn't take notes).
10MBT
      ID: 191142515
      Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 13:15
As a Chicago guy, I'm surprised the White Sox are on that list and the Cubs aren't. I really didn't think enough people cared about the White Sox to hate them that much.
11Electroman
      ID: 565182111
      Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 14:42
I think that is what the whole thing is about, teams that aren't really cared about. Use the term "Most Hated" and boards like this have a field day. What was said in post #9 makes the most sense.
12R9
      ID: 47363017
      Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 18:06
Yep, simple marketing error here. If the question to the people does not include the words 'hate' and/or 'despise', you can't conclude anything with regard to people 'hating' or 'despising'.

You ask 10 different people for the meaning of a 1.1 score on a "sentiment scale" and you'll get 10 different answers.
13KrazyKoalaBears
      ID: 73493020
      Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 21:49
Maybe there were a disproportionately high number of
responses from actual Indians who have been protesting
sports teams using Indian mascots... Or the methodology
sucked.
14holt
      Donor
      ID: 308491916
      Sat, May 01, 2010, 15:54
Those results show that Nielsen's internet algorithm is worthless.
Rate this thread:
5 (top notch)
4 (even better)
3 (good stuff)
2 (lightweight)
1 (no value)
If you wish, you may rate this thread on scale of 1-5. Ratings should indicate how valuable or interesting you believe this thread would be to other users of this forum. A '5' means that this thread is a 'must read'. A '1' means that this is a complete waste of time.

If you have previously rated this thread, rating it again will delete your previous rating.

If you do not want to rate this thread, but want to see how others have rated it, then click the button without entering a rating, or else click here.

RotoGuru Baseball Forum

View the Forum Registry

XML Get RSS Feed for this thread


Self-edit this thread




Post a reply to this message:

Name:
Email:
Message:
Click here to create and insert a link
Click here to insert a block of hidden (spoiler) text
Click here to insert a random spelling of Mientkiewicz
Ignore line feeds? no (typical)   yes (for HTML table input)


Viewing statistics for this thread
Period# Views# Users
Last hour11
Last 24 hours11
Last 7 days22
Last 30 days1212
Since Mar 1, 20072268842