Can you name the Most Hated Teams in Baseball? by shwax

Can you name the Most Hated Teams in Baseball?

created by shwax

Enter a team in the box below
Correctly named teams will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: WSJ
The results may be surprising and even maddening, but there's no reason to get angry if your team isn't on here!
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Hatred Index	Team
0.9
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1.5
1.8
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2.0
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2.3
2.4
They'd be on here if they still had John Rocker
Call them lovable losers
Actually the least hated team (4.2)
Yeah I was surprised too

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10 Most Hated Teams in Baseball Quiz

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Created May 8, 2010 in Sports
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	NCBerge:	May 8th, 2010 at 12:57 GMT		26 points
	The problem with this quiz is that it really is not measuring the most hated teams. The results are not based on how many people type in a negative word with the team name, but instead it is a measure of the average of the key words being used. The reason the Indians finish so low is simply the fact that there are not a lot of people typing good things about the Indians (or Astros). This quiz is thus more of a measurement of fan indifference, with the one obvious exception being the Yankees, who almost certainly are the most hated team in baseball.

	bmo1616:	May 8th, 2010 at 13:19 GMT		14 points
	I saw this article on ESPN, and it's a joke, the Indians?? C'mon, if anything people like the Indians, Rick Vaughn anyone? lol I'm a Sox fan, but even I know the only really universally "hated" teams in baseball are the Sox and Yanks.

	pita:	May 8th, 2010 at 13:28 GMT		7 points
	NCB is right. It's like a survey of sportscasters I remember from the 70s. Cosell was the most hated and most liked. People either loved or hated him. For this type of survey, he would've wound up in the middle because they'd take the average, when in reality he was by far the most hated.

	bryanhickman:	May 8th, 2010 at 15:46 GMT		15 points
	Come on! The Reds? Haven't we been through enough recently?

	Camden:	May 8th, 2010 at 16:15 GMT		10 points
	I think the Braves were probably a lot higher in the mid 90's. I agree that the Red Sox and Yankees have to be 1 and 2. The reason that I, personally, hate them so much is that they get shoved down our throat by the "WORLD WIDE Leader in Sports." Thanks, ESPN, but your definition of "world wide" must only include the upper Northeast, Southern California, and wherever Terrell Owens and Brett Favre happen to be playing football at the time.

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	MattCortese:	May 8th, 2010 at 17:02 GMT		2 points
	Yeah if they were going for the most hated team then they probably shouldn't have used positive and neutral things. Basically they could just use the keywords to find out which team has the most negative things said about them. Seeing the Indians as first on here was a shock, but I think the Nationals being on here at all clearly shows that it is a flawed system. Who hates a team that has been around for a handful of years and has sucked the whole time? No one really hated the Expos at the end of their run so it seems weird. Fun quiz either way. I enjoyed the "bonuses" I got too.

	The_Dude:	May 8th, 2010 at 17:03 GMT		10 points
	Yankees have to be #1 of any valid most hated baseball teams list. Everybody hates the Yankees

	candyman81cb:	May 8th, 2010 at 17:33 GMT		18 points
	even jesus hates the yankees

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	rmo134:	May 8th, 2010 at 17:47 GMT		-1 points
	bush league

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	eohyphy:	May 8th, 2010 at 19:19 GMT		-4 points
	No one really hates the cubs...they hate the dumbass fans

	Bdogrox2:	May 8th, 2010 at 19:19 GMT		-4 points
	and c'mon! phillies - wtf, thats like the most insult to phillies fans, and just like i said, the cubs!

	Blaise:	May 8th, 2010 at 20:10 GMT		0 points
	No Phillies and Cubs = Inaccurate quiz.

	jimboslice3:	May 8th, 2010 at 20:39 GMT		2 points
	@adelmane-I think that everybody's most hated team is their favorite team's biggest rival. You're right about the Yankees, Red Sox, Giants, and Dodgers, but the rest of the world shouldn't hate the Yankees more than their team's rival. For example, I'm a Cubs fan, and even though I don't like the Yankees or Red Sox, I hate the Cardinals a lot more. It's all about rivalries.

	BMurray:	May 8th, 2010 at 20:44 GMT		2 points
	@bdogrox: Yes, another team can claim to be "world ****ing champions": the Yankees, who won the World Series most recently. In fact, the Phillies can't claim that anymore. Otherwise, solid comment.

	redsxfenway:	May 8th, 2010 at 21:03 GMT		10 points
	How anyone hate the Nationals? Other than their fans of course.

	godpaul26:	May 8th, 2010 at 21:18 GMT		2 points
	Damn that didn't take long at all, Nationals.

	Rifsun:	May 8th, 2010 at 22:47 GMT		2 points
	I'm going to have to start bad mouthing the Yankees online a lot more so that the next list gets it right. Those stuck-up, evil, ****wad, untalented Yankee jerk hacks? Has the "Hatred Index" went towards the negative yet?

	sox_fan1468927:	May 8th, 2010 at 23:26 GMT		9 points
	Bdogrox2: Well since the Mets weren't even a team in the 50s I would say your information is inaccurate.

	msteele13:	May 8th, 2010 at 23:33 GMT		1 point
	this list is bulls**t but you did what you could. I mean, the indians and the nationals? noone cares about the nats they just lose

	WCRoentgen:	May 9th, 2010 at 00:51 GMT		1 point
	No Providence Grays or Worcester Ruby Legs??

	Navarro2814:	May 9th, 2010 at 03:50 GMT		-3 points
	I hate the White Sox

	Inyro:	May 9th, 2010 at 03:56 GMT		-1 points
	Hooby: No other team can claim to be world champions? Forgive me if I'm wrong, but you got your butts handed to you in the '09 Postseason. And the fact that the Phillies won twice just goes to show that every once in a while you can have a whole, whole lot of good luck in a season.

	koopa08:	May 9th, 2010 at 07:00 GMT		0 points
	missed the Nats

	samkrum:	May 9th, 2010 at 12:50 GMT		1 point
	can anyone tell me how the giants are the LEAST hated after bonds?

	cardspartan:	May 9th, 2010 at 18:05 GMT		0 points
	Because they went through like 3 years of absolutely sucking and now have Lincecum?

	dukeravnsos:	May 9th, 2010 at 19:49 GMT		0 points
	orioles? really?

	fatbeard:	May 9th, 2010 at 23:21 GMT		-1 points
	@BMurray, actually, the Yankees won a tournament made up of solely United States teams (and of course those lovable Blue Jays), so I don't really see how the Yankees (and every previous team, including the Phillies)are anything more than "Northern North American ****ing champs". If anything, Japan, the reigning WBC champs deserve the title.

	RCray7:	May 10th, 2010 at 00:35 GMT		-3 points
	i like how people are calling the yankees world f'ing champions... get a clue dont steal quotes from chase utley u fools

	Ebag:	May 10th, 2010 at 07:38 GMT		4 points
	These rankings are messed up is most of the negative chatter they measure is from a team's own fans. The Indians are tops because their fans are pissed off, not because everybody hates them. The formula doesn't work because it misinterprets feedback from fans who just care more than others. PS I hate the Yankees.

	vikings380:	May 10th, 2010 at 08:13 GMT		3 points
	i agree with jimboslice. everyone hates their rival teams, and so fans of different teams hate different teams. But with the exception of yankee fans, no matter what team you are a fan of, you hate the yankees. and its not hard to see why. All they do is buy all the big name players. Its a joke. They have almost double the salary of the second highest team and they have a salary ten times as large as the marlins, proving that, like in other sports, baseball should have a strict salary cap

	legend930:	May 10th, 2010 at 18:15 GMT		1 point
	@ Fatbeard----The term World Series was created during the early 1900s when basically only the US played baseball. It was a marketing hyperbole but one that somewhat fit. it is still in use today as it is a historical phrase at this point. There are many places where the USA shows its true colors of thinking it is the only place that matters but this is not one of them.

	kontrolfreak66:	May 10th, 2010 at 19:06 GMT		4 points
	How is it that the Giants are the least hated team?!

	yoshiman:	May 10th, 2010 at 23:25 GMT		3 points
	first quiz for the nationals!

	ClutchMcB:	May 11th, 2010 at 14:01 GMT		0 points
	I think it's just silly that anyone would hate the Braves because of John Rocker. It's not like the Braves fans were really fond of him either.

	fwchoi:	May 11th, 2010 at 23:52 GMT		3 points
	There are too many Dodgers fans for the Giants to be the least hated team. Also, I can't trust any poll or study that DOESN'T have the Yanks as the most hated. Based on the criteria used to assess the rankings, I'm surprised the Marlins aren't the least hated because no one in Florida even realizes they are a MLB team despite the championships.

	Bengals55:	May 13th, 2010 at 04:50 GMT		1 point
	Yankees, Mets and Red Sox are usually the most hated teams because of their number of fans and because of that, their attention. I personally think the Cubs and Dodgers are 4 and 5 on the hate chart. No real evidence to prove any of this though.