Chicagoist: Newsflash: Cubs Fans Loyal

Kfunk

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:11:34 -0600

Bad analysis- Braves fans actually really suck and they couldn't even sell out playoff series's. I don't think I have ever met anyone who called themselves a Texas Rangers fans. Something such as fan loyalty should not be measured by statistics... stupid pseudo-economists- go back to your abacus's.

Marcus Gilmer

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:05:03 -0600

Avid - mea culpa. I meant no disrespect by associating you with the White Sox. I guess my point is that, yeah, there are a lot of frat boys out there in the bleachers, but, having been to a dozen games each of the last couple of seasons, a lot of the people in the grandstand are good fans that are dedicated Cubs fans and ARE loyal. Some can be dicks, but what team DOESN'T have jerk fans? And I agree with the Braves statement. When I lived back down yonder, we walked up before a playoff game and got decent seats. Atlanta has the worst bandwagon fans...if you don't count Boston.

AvidMilkDrinker

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:50:15 -0600

Sox fan? That's a horrible thing to say. Did you even read my post Marcus?

Ontology

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:40:09 -0600

My dog is loyal, too. That doesn't mean I want hundreds of him crammed onto the red-line on my ride home.

magilla gorilla

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:34:18 -0600

lip, that's probably one of the reasons their high on the list based upon the half assed criteria they used

ljpljpljp

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:27:43 -0600

The Braves didn't sell out playoff games.

PengIn

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:03:29 -0600

It's not a pigeonhole if you can cram 20,000 or so people into it.

Marcus Gilmer

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:54:32 -0600

Wow, Avid, way not to pigeonhole or anything. Do your Sox fan statistics include everyone who jumped on their bandwagon during their 2005 title run?

AvidMilkDrinker

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:19:02 -0600

This is flawed. Look at the size of this market: Shockingly it's not hard to fill up a relatively small stadium of 40,000 seats in a market of 10,000,000 people. You want to talk loyalty then look at MUCH smaller markets (st.louis) with higher attendance than the cubs. Let's not forget that half of those 40,000 cub fans per game are drunken tourists or fratboys who have no idea whats going on on the field. The other half are just assholes who instantly boo their own players at the drop of a drunken dime. Loyalty?

mike_thoms

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:08:42 -0600

The Braves? The Rangers? Really? That's surprising.