There are many different opinions, and many different rankings, and there may never be an official list. But today, we try to rank the MLB’s best fan bases.
Some have tattoos, some have every jersey known to man, and others have let it influence the naming of their children.
They are baseball fans. Some more drastic than others, and some more lackadaisical when it comes to rooting for their team.
It’s always been a heated debate over which fan bases rank amongst the best in the MLB. With the term “bandwagoner” becoming more popular, it can be hard to determine this. You have to take a lot of things into consideration.
Stadium attendance, merchandise sales, TV ratings, team success, home field advantage, and overall loyalty come to mind when it really comes to proving the best fan bases in the MLB.
However, it seems that no matter what kind of stat you try to back this debate up with, no one will ever agree. And why should they? Isn’t part of being the best fan base believing you’re the best fan base?
So although I will include stats and facts about teams and their fans, this will still be a subjective piece that I write. I know that even if I do back everything up, it’ll still be biased, and you the reader will still have your own opinion of which team has the best fans.
I believe that some fan bases deserve a spot on this list. Year after year, they never give up on their team, constantly battling it out with other fans, and reminiscing about the older and better days when their team was good.
However, others absolutely do not, looking at you Tampa Bay Rays fans…if they do truly exist.
So without any further introduction, here are my (probably subjective) 6 best fan bases in the MLB.
Next: No West Coast bias here