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Indy Ball

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 24 2020 11:15 AM

Here's a question I don't know the answer to: What baseball team do folks in Indianapolis root for? (when they're not watching college hoops and auto racing?) It's probably closest to Cincy, I definitely get a Cardinals vibe in Southern Indiana, it's a longstanding Indians farm city and the Cubs have sonme proximity and probably the greatest magnetic attraction. So what's the answer? And what other cities in the US can you think of with undefined rooting interests? By the way this came from an actual question I asked of an Indianapolis based businessman. He said, nobody around here cares about baseball. But Indy's a pretty big city

Benjamin Grimm Apr 24 2020 11:23 AM Re: Indy Ball

David Letterman is from Indianapolis and he grew up rooting for the Reds. But I have a friend from Indiana who's a Cubs fan. And that's all I know about it.

Ceetar Apr 24 2020 11:53 AM Re: Indy Ball

Looks like it's Chicago/Cincinnati territory which probably means some variety of those games were on TV. Cubs were always on WGN practically nationwide right? so might skew that way... ..if you're above 30 or so. Nowadays, you'd probably be LESS likely to root for those teams, as you're blacked out from streaming them.

cal sharpie Apr 24 2020 12:02 PM Re: Indy Ball

Their Triple A team is the Indianapolis Indians who you would think would be a Cleveland affiliate but they are a Pirates farm team. So maybe some Indianapolins are Bucs fans.

Edgy MD Apr 24 2020 12:03 PM Re: Indy Ball

Looks like Cubs in the north, Reds in the south and west, and a little bit of Cardinals in the southeast. https://cartocdn-gusc-b.global.ssl.fastly.net/naterattner/api/v1/map/naterattner@662a1411@62c7fc536942815655e208f60c6f4a17:1552774723247/1,2/4/4/5.png> https://cartocdn-gusc-c.global.ssl.fastly.net/naterattner/api/v1/map/naterattner@662a1411@62c7fc536942815655e208f60c6f4a17:1552774723247/1,2/4/4/6.png> https://seatgeek.com/tba/articles/where-do-mlb-fans-live-mapping-baseball-fandom-across-the-u-s/

Fman99 Apr 24 2020 12:24 PM Re: Indy Ball

Wow, just two counties in the whole USA where Mets fans dominate. Sad. (Two more than the White Sox claim, though).

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 24 2020 12:25 PM Re: Indy Ball

cal sharpie wrote: Their Triple A team is the Indianapolis Indians who you would think would be a Cleveland affiliate but they are a Pirates farm team. So maybe some Indianapolins are Bucs fans. Huh, I always thought Cleveland was theirs, I think you're right

Ceetar Apr 24 2020 12:33 PM Re: Indy Ball

=Fman99 post_id=35829 time=1587752697 user_id=86] Wow, just two counties in the whole USA where Mets fans dominate. Sad. (Two more than the White Sox claim, though).

it's a completely ridiculous non-scientific poll, so no worries.