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Most Hated Team in Baseball? Not the Yankees

According to a report from The Nielsen Company (the same company that publishes the Nielsen television ratings), it’s the Cleveland Indians in an upset.  What did the Indians ever do to anybody?  They haven’t won the World Series since 1948, they haven’t had particularly polarizing players, and their fans seem alright.  Is it Chief Wahoo?  What’s the explanation for all this alleged Indians hate?

The Red Sox come in as the second-most hated team (no surprise–they’re a whiny, classless organization with obnoxious, generally ignorant fans and little loyalty towards its players), followed by the Reds and the Astros.  The Yankees, contrary to popular belief, are only the fifth-most hated team, underlining the fact that the Bombers are indeed the good guys in the blood rivalry with the Old Town Team.
New York’s junior varsity club (or is it junior high?) finished in ninth, one spot ahead of the Dodgers and three spots behind those despised Washington Nationals.
On the flip side, the Giants and A’s finished as the No. 1 and 2 most likable teams in another headscratcher.
I’m not sure how much I buy into these rankings, which were the result of an Internet algorithm (the Nationals as the sixth-most hated team?  Really?  Have they been relevant enough in their short existence to be hated that much?).  Regardless, my only real complaint is that the Red Sox should have been No. 1 over the poor Indians.