Mets Sucks, 2K14

[batmagadanleadoff]

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[A Boy Named Seo]

Alameda County doesn't support the A's. Huh. I guess all the boroughs in NY are in the same county or no?

[Benjamin Grimm]

No, each borough in NYC is its own county: New York (Manhattan), Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Richmond (Staten Island) and Bronx.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Wow, Queens be some traitors. Sad, but Facebook data-mining is probably kinda accurate.

[Ceetar]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Wow, Queens be some traitors. Sad, but Facebook data-mining is probably kinda accurate.

nah, it's probably particularly not-accurate. Likes of a facebook page? bleh.

[Edgy MD]

Just Liked the Mets.

[Ceetar]

That's because Mets fans don't merely like the Mets, they love them, and Facebook doesn't have a Love button.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think the county lines have been gerrymandered to favor the Yankees.

I'm in a county that heavily favors the Phillies. I'd have to click a lot of Like buttons to turn my county from Phillies sea green to Mets orange.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Ceetar wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: Wow, Queens be some traitors. Sad, but Facebook data-mining is probably kinda accurate. nah, it's probably particularly not-accurate. Likes of a facebook page? bleh.

Bleh, for sure, but I doubt it's far off. Lots of Rockies fans in the Rockies, Braves in the South, Sawx in NE, Yankees wherever there's no other team. Where else are you going to easily get stats for a poll of 850,000 Met fans? 530,000 Oakland A's fans? People share the shit out of themselves on Facebook more than anything anywhere.

[nymr83]

It could easily be partially reflective of each team's "pushing" their facebook page though.

[RealityChuck]

Slate points out the flaws in the map.

But before you Yankees fans get carried away, there are a few things the rest of us would like you to keep in mind about this map. First of all, it measures Facebook likes for your team�s page�nothing more, nothing less. Unless or until the Census Bureau decides to add a baseball-fandom question, this is probably the best map we�re going to get, but that doesn�t make it perfect. At the risk of stating the obvious, the map over-represents the sort of fan who goes around liking things on Facebook (cough, San Francisco Giants). It also favors teams with more active social-media presences.... One other thing: Just because you�re the most-loved team in a given county doesn�t mean you aren�t also the most-hated. If Facebook had a dislike button, the Yankees would probably find that they�re America�s team in more ways than one.

[nymr83]

Slate points out the flaws in the map. But before you Yankees fans get carried away, there are a few things the rest of us would like you to keep in mind about this map. First of all, it measures Facebook likes for your team�s page�nothing more, nothing less. Unless or until the Census Bureau decides to add a baseball-fandom question, this is probably the best map we�re going to get, but that doesn�t make it perfect. At the risk of stating the obvious, the map over-represents the sort of fan who goes around liking things on Facebook (cough, San Francisco Giants). It also favors teams with more active social-media presences.... One other thing: Just because you�re the most-loved team in a given county doesn�t mean you aren�t also the most-hated. If Facebook had a dislike button, the Yankees would probably find that they�re America�s team in more ways than one.

I've always wanted a dislike button.

[dinosaur jesus]

They're proud of being the most hated, though. Their fans are, anyway. It's an affirmation for them. They're the sort of people, like Laker fans, who think it's good for the sport if nobody likes them. I'd rather not take the bait. What I want on Facebook is a "You annoy me sometimes, but that's only when I pay attention to you, which is basically never" button.

[Edgy MD]

Of course, all counties are far from equal. A smaller piece of a far bigger pie is what we're talking about.

It ain't a victory, but neither is it a shutout. I'm still here, aren't I?! And you're still there!

[Frayed Knot]

Well I don't know how official any of these ratings really are.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: Of course, all counties are far from equal.

It's the same county for every voter, whether they voted Mets or Yanks or any other team.

Edgy MD wrote: A smaller piece of a far bigger pie is what we're talking about.

That's right. A smaller piece. Even in Queens.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't know anyone who wallows in bad news about the Mets more than you do.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I wallow in all Mets news. Like that Facebook poll. I posted it because it's most definitely newsworthy. I mean, the Mets don't even get Queens? Who woulda thunk that? Not even me. The FB poll even shocked me. Is there a baseball team that's fallen further in their hometown over the last 20 years than the Mets? How about over the last five years?

If there were great news, I swear I'd be posting that too. Really.

[Ceetar]

The beer selection is much improved. and that's way more tangible than silly facebook like-counting.

[nymr83]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Is there a baseball team that's fallen further in their hometown over the last 20 years than the Mets?

The Expos?

[Edgy MD]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Of course, all counties are far from equal. It's the same county for every voter, whether they voted Mets or Yanks or any other team.

No, my point was --- and I thought it was pretty clear --- that there is not one country shown here, but 3,144 counties, and 46% of respondents in Queens and 39% in Brooklyn and 41% in Nassau and 34% in Morris beats 100% of Frontier County, Nebraska.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: That's right. A smaller piece. Even in Queens.

But #1 with me. The rest is... the rest. Shucks, the organization needs to try harder, but we know the story of the Jeter era and what the results have been, map or no map.

I'm far from shocked.