MLB: The 5 Most Beloved Teams in Baseball
By Jason Reed
5. San Francisco Giants
The even year Giants are one of the most rooted for teams in baseball. Every even season, fans make sure to pay extra attention to boys of the bay as they pursue championship gold. Heck, even though it didn’t happen this season if it wasn’t for a ninth inning collapse we may have seen more even year magic. The fact of the matter being, unless you’re a fan of the rival Dodgers, it’s hard not to root for the Giants.
Besides being so dang likable to the general public, San Francisco’s fans have been absolutely phenomenal. The Giants currently have the second longest sellout streak in baseball history. Since October 1, 2010 the Giants have sold out every single game at AT&T Park. This amounts to 488 consecutive games being sold out, and only trails the 2003-2013 Red Sox who managed 794 consecutive sellouts. Even in the odd years where San Francisco failed to make the postseason, the fans in the bay have made it a point to watch Giants baseball.
Not only that, the Giants have one of the biggest poster-boys in MLB. Buster Posey is the face of San Francisco, and with his natural ability to play baseball he is not only marketable but talented. Add that along with the hitting that pitcher Madison Bumgarner provides, and the Giants have two of the most intriguing players in the bigs. The Giants are always one of the teams you see playing prime-time baseball, and for good reason as they are immensely popular.