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America’s team? Depends on your view
USA Today put a story on its front page today proclaiming the Red Sox as having displaced the Yankees as America’s team. This is based on the Red Sox playing to the largest average crowds on the road. Well … it depends how you look at it. The Red Sox have averaged 38,802 fans for road games. The Yankees have averaged 37,906. I’m not quite sure 896 people means one ...
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Lots of Room For You On the Red Sox Bandwagon
Strike Zones and End Zones — ... ) links to the USA Today cover feature stating that, based on road attendance, the Red Sox have displaced the Yankees as "America's Team":"Well … it depends how you look at it. The Red Sox have averaged 38,802 fans for road games. The Yankees have averaged 37,906. I’m not quite sure 896 people means one team is more popular than the other in the entire nation. ...

Boston Red Sox = America's team?
Pinstripe Alley — ... However, Pete Abraham brings up a couple of good points that illustrates exactly why these attendance figures are flawed and why the notion that the Red Sox are now America's team based on these figures is ridiculous. ...

In Joba we trust within "Red Sox Nation"
Sox and Pinstripes | Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees – The Greatest Rivalry in Baseball — ... There was front page news today that the Red Sox have become the most popular team in America. Here is Pete Abraham's take on the situation. You can also see why the only reason the boys from Boston outdraw the Yankees is because their stadium is ...

Baseball Today: Friday, August 24
Projo Sox Blog — ... , based on the fact that they draw more fans on the road than anyone else. Peter Abraham, however, wonders if the 896-person difference in the average road attendance between the Sox and Yankees isn't due to the fact that the Sox get 55,000 every time they visit New York while the Yankees only get 36,000 when they come to Boston. (LoHud Yankees Blog) The blog Strike Zones and End Zones does the math and calculates that, if you take Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park out of the equation, ...

This Week in Bloggernets: Gang hats, water slides and more
Red Sox Monster — ... has some gaps in it. ( LoHud Yankees Blog ) -- A great breakdown on the performance of Jonathan Papelbon and Hideki Okajima. ( ...

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strikezonesandendzones.blogspot.com 8/24/2007 — Bloggy Yankees scribe Peter Abraham ( extreme closeup! ) links to the USA Today cover feature stating that, based on road attendance, the Red Sox have displaced the Yankees as "America's Team" : "Well … it depends how you look at it. The Red Sox have ...