I mean, I live in CT, where it's split right down the middle, so I don't think if I lived in a place like Idaho, I would've been in a Red Sox fan.
2007-10-26 13:37:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
yes location makes u the fan u are unless u live in florida cuz they have no real fans there front runners all of them or they all dwell on the dan marino days
2007-10-26 13:42:07 · answer #1 · answered by spuds_316 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely! I too live in CT, grew up in Middletown-which was pretty split, but seemed to be more NYY fans since it's so much closer than Boston. I live in Manchester now, and it's predominantly Sox fans-but it's about a 1/2 hour to hit Chicopee. The majority of people in-state are Patriots fans. The main reason I am not, is because my dad's family is from PA so I grew up in a Steelers home. I have met very few Steelers fans in my day, and PA isn't really all THAT far. Location, location, location!! It isn't the ONLY determining factor, but it is a big part of it if you ask me,
2007-10-26 14:04:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course location is huge. If you live in St. Louis, you simply aren't going to root for any other team besides the Cardinals. If you live in Minnesota, you're kind of stuck with the Twins, no? Of course some cities are more difficult. Cities like L.A. and Chicago make it difficult to have a solid population that backs only one team. I think that makes things really interesting. The friction on the coasts is entertaining because of how serious they take everything, but also because the teams are so remarkably close to one another.
Also, if I didn't have the Cardinals, I'd probably be an Indians or Angels fan because they run their organization the right way. That's what I look for. I can't stand the Yankees, Cubs (not just because of the rivalry), Pirates, etc. because they aren't run the right way at all, and the fans suffer because of it.
2007-10-26 18:25:06 · answer #3 · answered by baseball_is_my_life 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Regional affiliation has a lot to do with it. Until 1957, St. Louis was the southernmost AND westernmost city in the Majors and had the largest minor league system. As a result, they had fans from Atlanta to Houston to Memphis from coast to coast. To this day, they are still one of the largest fan bases because of family tradition and the strength of KMOX radio. Now that the station no longer carries the games and XM radio and MLB Extra Innings has the televised games, who knows what impact it will have on this century. So far, the gate says that the metropolitan population is 2.5 million people and this season Busch III drew 3.55 million!
I guess there are still a lot of Cardinal fans out there, after all.
2007-10-26 19:10:37 · answer #4 · answered by pricehillsaint 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it usually does, but look at how spread out Red Sox nation is. Not all those people are from New England. By the way Im originally from Bristol CT now in Rhode Island, and a fellow sox fan.
2007-10-26 13:44:35 · answer #5 · answered by lindsey4706 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well...I used to live in the New England states, and I'm definitley a Red Sox fan, but now, I live in Kentucky. That's not really near either team playing in the world series. My dad has always been a die-hard Red Sox fan and I've watched him root for them for practically all my life, so I'm sure that has something to do with it!
2007-10-26 13:44:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2017-01-04 12:01:23 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does a lot because were your from your accustomed to watched your parents and family watch the teams from were your from so you become a fan, except in my Case I'm a Yankee Fan i don't live aNY were close to ny or neither my Family is from new york
2007-10-26 18:36:29 · answer #8 · answered by Janet ♥(YFFL) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some people are going to root for their "home" team, but i live very far away from a team-the closest would be the cardinals and i can't stand them! i'm a true diamondbacks fan, but there are always going to be bandwagon fans-there's nothing wrong with it but they need to be more original
2007-10-27 18:43:02 · answer #9 · answered by cristi t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I believe that location affects which teams people choose to follow.
2007-10-26 20:55:00 · answer #10 · answered by sokokl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋