Why Philadelphia Phillies Fans Trump New York Yankees Fans

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Growing up, I was raised to hate the New York Yankees.

Yes, it’s not nice to hate people.

But, the New York Yankees aren’t people.

They’re New York Yankees.

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The folks at The Grueling Truth have out together a report that says more New York Yankees fans than Philadelphia Phillies fans would steal a foul ball from a kid!

Oh, the horror!

The Grueling Truth commissioned a nationwide survey, asking baseball fans if they would go all out to snag a foul ball at a baseball game, even if a child was reaching for it.

A full 24% of Yankees fans say they would go for the foul ball, even if it meant a kid losing out. 24%! That’s one out of every found Yankees fans!

Where is the love?

(For full disclosure, we should mention the Phillies fans grab-the-ball-from-the-kid-score is only slightly better than the Yankees fans score: 23%. But, hey, bottom line, the Phillies are better, Yankees are worse!)

Of course, it was a Phillies fan that started it all:

After a Phillies Home Run, a Karen makes a kid give her a home run ball. Thankfully after the Marlins treated the kid with a goodie bag.
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Athletics Fans Come Up Bottom-of-the-Barrel

The worst fans in baseball are definitely the fans of the Athletics. (Maybe this is why they’re being kicked out of Oakland!) 36% of Athletics fans say they would go for that foul ball, in spite of a kid.

On the other end, shout out to Pittsburgh Pirate fans! Only 10% say they’d snatch a foul ball from a kid.

SOURCE: The Grueling Truth’s Karen Index

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