Ick’s Corner

While I’m posting, I might as well post this quick link via FrontBurner.  Apparently the Texas Rangers have the most loyal fans in baseball.

“Our final rankings were a combination of two factors: How closely related fan attendance patterns were to winning percentage, after compensating for controls. We used what statisticians would note as the P > |t| value and checked for the mathematical confidence of that assessment; as well as the slope of the line as it went from zero wins to 162 possible wins. The sharper the slope broke downward for every point the team lost, and the faster it broke upward for every win, the less loyal fans were deemed to be. Results were controlled for the upswing in league-wide attendance and overall attendance patterns around the strike of 1994-1995.

The top five:

1. Texas Rangers: Slideshow
2. Boston Red Sox: Slideshow
3. Atlanta Braves: Slideshow
4. Chicago Cubs: Slideshow
5. Pittsburgh Pirates: Slideshow
• See more fan loyalty rankings

The bottom five:

1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Slideshow
2. Detroit Tigers: Slideshow
3. Oakland A’s: Slideshow
4. Minnesota Twins: Slideshow
5. Philadelphia Phillies: Slideshow
• See more fan disloyalty rankings”

I’ve always said it takes a lot to cheer for a loser.  Rangers fans could be considered the “anti-fair-weather-fans”… then again, they only have 1 playoff win in their existence, so I’m not really sure if they ever had the fair-weather crowd in the 1st place.