The tenth inning stretch: Is Minnesota becoming a baseball state?

7/22/09

Is Minnesota becoming a baseball state?

Here are the results of an ESPN online poll today, asking "what is on your mind right now as far as sports are concerned: baseball, football, or something else". The state by state map speaks more than a thousand words:

5 comments:

jereminate said...: Let's see it again in December.; July 23, 2009 at 7:01 AM
Unknown said...: Well, an unscientific ESPN poll might not be the strongest evidence, but I certainly hope so. I mean really, how many championships does one team have to win before the people in this town start paying attention?

Of course, people might just be boycotting the Vikings out of spite. I know I am tempted to do so.; July 23, 2009 at 12:41 PM
thrylos98 said...: As a matter of fact, the last 3 seasons (ignore the current), the Twins and the Vikings has exactly a first, a second and a third place finish in their respective divisions and an early bow in the first game/series in the playoffs/post season. The difference is that the Vikings' success is more recent than the Twins'.

I think that Chilly gets way much more grief than Gardy with identical results the last 3 seasons.; July 23, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Juanie said...: I'd like to see the question asked tomorrow when the Twins blow this game in LA and Favre announces his comeback with the Vikings...; July 23, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Anonymous said...: Well...I agree for the "Juanie"

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