Until the NFL take over one concussion at a metre , baseball game reigned as America ’s interior interest . Or did it ? If you take a expression at the DoS of American culture , one might reason that the REAL interest ispissing each other off , and MAN are baseball fans good at that !
However , some fanbases are stronger than others in full term of total insufferability . So here they are , the fans for all 30 franchises , ranked from least to most nauseating .
30. Milwaukee Brewers
You ’d be intemperately - pressed to find oneself a more amiable fanbase than Brewers fans . They just kind of roll with things . Ryan Braun ’s a cheating liar ? All good . Oh we ’re flip from the AL to the NL ? No biggie . Beer sales are cut off ? YOU SHUT UP AND dice RIGHT NOW ! Honestly though , Wisconsinites are just pretty psyched to have another retail store for tailgating and mass Leinie consumption in the warm months between Packers seasons , and if the Brewers ever actually manage to break through and win the damn affair , so much the better .
Also , since it ’s Department of State law that every block needsa minimum two tavern , these people can drink in , but suppose drunkenness manifests itself in asshattery at a far down rate than in other cities . Being a Brewers lover means handling your spirits – which they ’ll need , because this is calculate like a looooong rebuild .
29. Colorado Rockies
Do you like beer ? And ( legal ! ) mess ? And home runs ? And Dante Bichette reference ? go to a biz at Coors Field is like going to a secret plan at a very large minor - league approximate range . The fans are there to kind of watch over a secret plan , I guess , but mostly to get some sun ( stop being so infuriatingly cheery , Denver ) , drink some beers , smoke skunk , and babble about Dante Bichette .
His likes . His dislikes . That 1995 season when he almost had the Triple Crown . Whether or not he think the Broncos will make the playoffs this twelvemonth with no essay signal caller . His judgment on shred the pow - pow at A - Basin vs. Breckenridge . If he could name anyone on the Rocky Mountains right now . And the smart wager , for him , and the mediocre person sitting in the Rockpile , is hell no .
28. Toronto Blue Jays
As the sole Canadians in this thing , Blue Jays fan are too busy ( * shuffles through Canadian stereotype handbook * ) courteously throwing loonies at suspected Quebecois to be externally obnoxious to opposing fans . It also likely assist that nice Canadian pair be north in Richmond Hill who lionise the last meter the Blue Jays made the playoff ( before last year ) by doing sex now have a 21 - year - old , amply grown grownup child wearing a Joe Carter jersey to tell an awkward floor to .
27. Houston Astros
It ’s hard to find fans objectionable when they suffered through a rebuilding strategy that fundamentally require losing all game between the years 2009 - 2014 . But it worked ! And now a lot of people have made the Astros the trendy plectron to gain the World Series this year , and not just because Rookie of the Year Carlos Correa wears Yeezys .
Despite being Texans , and thus genetically predisposed to brag and turn down other people ’s brisket , the fanbase that supports the Astros conjure many of the same notion as the – gasp – Brewers fan : tenacious suffering , and non - threatening to opposing fans . The only divergence is all of them are doing it while consume Nolan Ryan hand - dipped corn dogs , and Nolan Ryan 100 % beef burgers .
26. San Diego Padres
An full arena filled with parent who mature up outside of Philadelphia but moved to El Cajon for work , appear to keep their uncomplicated - ripened Logos absorb for three to four time of day until they ’re legally allowed to make them sleep , plus 20 - ish guy who ’ve remained womb-to-tomb Padres fans because they personally met Tony Gwynn , and retirees who literally have nothing better to do .
25. Baltimore Orioles
Despite the fact that it might seem intimidating to be amongst legions of Bawlmer buff rooting for dem O ’s , drinkingNatty Boh , and talk about Joe Orsulak , it ’s really not . Camden Yards is a great position to watch a plot , the Orioles are kind of well , but not really so good that it activate any sorting of spike in confidence , and everyone is so focused on making trusted their container of Old Bay are still safely tucked away in their cargo short air pocket filled with crabs that you could have a downright pleasant metre at an O ’s game as a visiting fan . peculiarly if you bring Joe Orsulak .
24. Pittsburgh Pirates
thing were so dark for so long for Pirates fans , when conversations around a half - empty PNC Park included such riveting subjects as " at least we have Jason Bay , so that ’s … something ? " and " this Aramis Ramirez craft wo n’t get back to pain us will it ? Oh shit . It definitely will . " But back - to - back ( alas heartbreaking ) wild - circuit board appearances and a legitimately fun , well - tend team have bring in things back to lifespan , even if fan still have their guard up to the point where key regular - time of year serial will still have tickets remaining ( even with one of baseball ’s underhand - great stadium experience ) . But yeah , in most cases plagiariser fans are a pretty alright bunch – most of your more harsh yinzer case save the volume of their wrath for Steelers time of year .
23. Texas Rangers
The ballpark sits almost right away in the middle of Dallas and Fort Worth , next to a Six Flags . I spend my simple years in Dallas during the resplendence days of Ruben Sierra and Juan Gonzalez and old Nolan Ryan punching young people in the face . I go to Six Flags twice a year . I went to one Rangers plot , ever . Texas Ranger fans must exist in those town around Dallas , in Grapevine or Garland , Flower Mound or Frisco , but they do n’t really parade that fact , so we ’re just going to guess that they ’re passable . Potentially the only resolution to meet those , on median , 20k empty nates a biz would be to dress the commando up as the Dallas Cowboys and make them hit footballs .
22. Minnesota Twins
Twins fan are a model of the on - the - surfaceMidwestern affabilitymixed with profoundly buried rancour that permeates so much of the local finish , except in this pillowcase , alternatively of a once - beautiful wedlock now live on frigid and loveless between two Swedish Lutherans , it ’s a dusty and distant trades union with Joe Mauer and the $ 1.5 billion ( estimated ) left on his contract . At least with the Metrodome it felt like the fanbase had a small something to pin its corporate individuality to – granted that " something " involve a dusty and unfeeling dome replete with jolly along for bad greensward bounces and ball lost in the sparkle , but it was something ! Now there ’s Target Field , which is mostly moderately nice but ultimately uninteresting – hey , another good metaphor for Twins buff !
21. Tampa Bay Rays
My uncle has lived in Tampa Bay for 30 years . He loves the Tampa Bay Lightning , has gross orange Bucs gearing , weirdly tan blazon , and that generally unpredictable disposition of a true Floridian . And yet he only go to Rays games when the Red Sox are playing . Basically , after all these old age and some pretty good teams , the few real Rays fans that exist have come to terms with the fact that they ’re still the best place to see your real preferent squad after you retire , thanks to the lowest attendance in all of MLB .
20. Seattle Mariners
The highlighting of Mariners fandom was winning a divisional playoff game in 1995 . People born after that biz will be able to de jure drink soon . There are kids in Seattle gamy schools right now who do n’t even remember the team being relevant . So M ’s fan are now made up of sometime citizenry with revisionist history about how " fun " the Kingdome was , and younger people who go to Safeco and babble about the Seahawks . Seattleites have express they can be great fan when a team even tries to win , but despite spending the GNP of Fiji on free agent , the Mariners have n’t made a playoff push button in over a decade . And it ’s that kind of worthlessness that has created a metropolis full of people whoinsist soccer is actually exciting .
19. Kansas City Royals
It ’s hard not to be a piddling bit happy for the Royals , what with their interminably foresightful stretch of bleakness followed by straight World Series appearances , including winning the damn thing last year . It finally worked ! But be warn – win has a tendency to engender obnoxiousness , and they ’re already exhibiting some of those " aw darn , are n’t we just the best " symptoms trademarked by another Missouri squad ( more on that later ) .
Furthermore , because the projection systems made by all the stat dweeb have tended to not like the Royals so much , especially this year , it ’s already place a massive cow dung on everyone ’s shoulder even though they should just be basking in that seraphic backing afterglow . " They do n’t appreciate our defence and bullpen " they ’ll scream while directing your eyes at the latest Joe Posnanski pillar with a BBQ sauce - tarnish chubby finger , bite - end remnants still stay put between their teeth . whine after a title is n’t a good expression . See : Red Sox fans . More on them later , too .
18. Oakland Athletics
A hearty blend of hard-core one-time - school Oaklanders ( plus ones who order you they ’re from Oakland , but , when press , take on they mean Piedmont ) , people who grew up in the surrounding East Bay town , and baseball game hippies who ’ve decided that wearing an A ’s jacket make them a picayune more uptight than a Giants one . Thanks to the arena being horrifying , you could always get tickets to a secret plan ( it seats 35k , and averages about 21k a game ) . In conclusion , the fans are downright tolerable as long as no one brings upMoneyball(NOTE : Someone will play upMoneyball ) .
17. Arizona Diamondbacks
D - Backs , more like D - Bags , amirite ? Actually , diamondback fans are hardly the worst . They ’re also hardly the best . Somewhere in the midriff feels about right . You by all odds have your section of the fanbase that sees no cognitive dissension whatsoever between saying dreadfully racist things about Latinos and barrack for Yasmany Tomas . They ’re also stick in the oft - difficult position of strain toreconcile Dave Stewart ’s front - office moves , like mortgage the entire future of the team to acquire creation - beater and lockdown ace … Shelby Miller ?
16. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Forty - five thousand Sues fromSwingers , who ’ll drop at least one-half of the game trying to convince you that endure in any town named " Laguna " is in reality fancier than LA proper . waitress , look , there ’s the Matterhorn ! ! ! Deep down they all know " Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim " is the obtuse shit ever , but none of them will actually include it .
15. Washington Nationals
Your average Nationals " fans ' " fiat of anteriority while attending a game:1 . internet
2.Shake Shack
3 . Ben ’s Chili Bowl because the Shake Shack line was too long
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… 67 . The fact that the team still employs the same blood-red - assed closerwho tried to choke out the squad ’s proficient playerin the pirogue last season
On some level it is n’t the Nats ' fault – DC is the most transient of towns and the team is still in its relative early childhood , so it is n’t fair to look the generations - deep fandom some cities relish . Last season ’s literal choke caper after being labeled a preseason favorite did n’t aid in terms of build momentum . But hey , they should be passably honest again this year . Maybe they ’ll get more hoi polloi to look up from their smartphones on occasion . They should , because Bryce Harper is amazing .
14. Miami Marlins
13. Atlanta Braves
The fact that the Atlanta Braves are leave , you know , ATLANTA , to set up shop class in a glitzy new Northeast Triangle stadium nestled among hundred - level executives and are attempt to attract people with gimmickry like a goddamn zip pipeline tells you middling much everything you need to lie with about Braves " fan . " Even when Maddux was deal in his prime quantity they could n’t always sell out playoff game . Basically , if you are n’t college football in Georgia , do n’t nark . Hell , even the Tomahawk Chop was ripped off from Florida State . This is the suburban funnies plaza of franchises , so it ’s all too appropriate that they ’ll soon be in the suburbs .
12. Detroit Tigers
On the one hired hand , Tigers sports fan have to feel passably respectable about have an aging proprietor spending with foolhardy abandon , motivated ( one assumes ) by concern of his own mortality . On the other hand , they have to lot with living in Detroit . KIDDING ! They ’re from the suburbs . The fellas are in their Cabrera tee shirt ( every centime towards that salary counts ) and about 18 beers deep , while the ladies have their curl hair and temporary Tigers buttock tattoo ( and dame - fit Verlander jerseys ) and are about nine Atwater Dirty Blondes deep . Some thing are up in the melodic phrase , like whether one of the guys will fight some meathead who ride the bus up fromThe Old Shillelaghfor staring at his lady friend ( which he was ) , or some opposing lover who question Alan Trammell ’s antechamber - of - renown credentials . One thing is not up in the airwave : they ’ll be safely back in Wyandotte before the Nox is over .
11. Cincinnati Reds
Most fanbases will at least eventually come to grips with it when one of their Hero break himself to be objectively fearsome , but the average Reds fan will still staunchly defend Pete Rose to you in a lengthy blah replete with pungent cinnamon - perfumed chili breathing place and a random aside that makes you intermit and say , " wait was n’t that variety of racist , " take after by another one where you ’re like , " oh wow yes that was in spades A-one racist . " Then while you ’re taken aback they ’ll shift gears and let the cat out of the bag about how Joey Votto sucks because he ’s not " clutch " enough even though he ’s objectively their good player by like 15 orders of magnitude . If only Billy Hamilton did n’t hit like the bad , pop - up - happy former version of Willie Mays Hayes .
10. Cleveland Indians
The collective misery of the Indians franchise was already immortalized in one of the all right baseball game film ever –in 1989 . Since then , as expected , nothing but terrible thing have pass off to not just the Indians , but the metropolis of Cleveland at large ( note of hand : do n’t bring up Jose Mesa ) . Although to be fair , the franchise only get a notch for rocking the most offensive logo in sports because a certain football game team in Washington is proudly defending a unbowed - up racial slur . You ’d think a team that has n’t had anything good happen since Bob Feller was pitch might be down to pursue some proficient karma , but no , so much as paint a picture a modification and they flip out . So on the one hand , you could feel bad for their sometimes techy fanbase given all the suffering . On the other hired hand … naaah .
9. Chicago White Sox
It ’d be a ignominy to paint White Sox fan with a broad copse as disobedient hooligans who startgame - canceling riotsand occasionallyrough up elderly first - base coaches– even though , you recognize , both of those have 100 % happened . But no , your average Sox fan is just some blusterer from Beverly with a mystifying - seated Cubs hatred mocking the North Side squad for its more robust attending , indicate White Sox sports fan are more " informed " and " discerning , " and as such hold ownership accountable by only showing up for a winner . Never mind the fact that they ca n’t even fill the stadium when the squad ’s winning .
Also , it ’s a known fact that a full season of listening to Hawk Harrelson broadcast game lour your IQ one level , so you know that ’s taken its bell ( though he ’ll only do half the games this class so there ’s that ) . Oh , and this batshit - crazy scandal need high-risk and overpaid Adam LaRoche retiring becausehe could n’t have his adolescent Logos uniformed and by his side at all timesisn’t really an indictment of the fan , but it IS rather hilarious .
8. New York Mets
Mets buff are an interesting group . On the one mitt , the squad ’s astonishing content for ineptitude spawned theLOLMetsmeme that continues to bring home the bacon hilarity even when the squad is relatively good , and they get to stake out the claim as the hardscrabble , die - laborious outsider fans , just wallowing in the nether regions of Nassau County while the Yankees soak up all the aid . Mets fans would have you believe they have suffered in way few fans can possibly see .
But has it really been that tough ? A pair of momentous World Series wins that continue well within the lifespan of hatful of fans , plus a couple of exciting near - misfire in more recent age . However , because they cheer for a New York team , they think what lose they HAVE experienced have more weight , more gravitational force , and therein lies the insufferability of the Mets devotee .
7. Chicago Cubs
The Cubs have been so awful . That statement work on so many levels , but it ’s been especially true in late geezerhood . That is , until a surprise 97 - win team last yr convey Wrigleyville back to life , meaning all of its worst constituent were back at it in full effect :
Girl from Lincoln Park in the tight pinkish shirt ( purchase that afternoon ) in a shockingly sound seat who has n’t looked up from her phone in three innings ? Check . The " been through it all " fatalist who overreact wildly to every pitch ? Check . The late Iowa grads who grew up on the Des Moines - establish Triple A team , all the while project to one day move to an apartment on Sheffield and drink enough to smash the lives of everyone they chance ? contain . But the thing is , last yr kind of filch up on everyone . This year expectations are through the roof , which means everyone has had a full offseason to gear up for vizor horribleness .
6. San Francisco Giants
Did you guys know there was a technical school boom in San Francisco ? Or that people like fancy artisanal nutrient there ? Did you live , at AT&T Park , you may get porcini donut topped with raclette foam , or fried Brussels sprout topped with lemon aioli , or gluten - innocent flatbreads and strawberry lavender spa H2O ? Would it surprise you to know the majority of hoi polloi who can actually give the squeamish ticket for all of these wide-ranging conveniences are tech dudes assume VIP laniard , evoke up because their tech sale team is being take on out by another technical school sales squad ?
It is an overuse cliche at this point to talk about the proliferation of the tech industry into every aspect of SF animation , but you may in reality watch over this play out with some acute tension at Giants game , because alongside those d - bags are lots of literal , quondam - shoal , crusty - as - bread - trough fans who have that eclectic SF uncanny - as - Inferno unpredictability in their eye , and fondly talk about Candy Maldonado with you until you ’re wedge to recoil from their garlic fry intimation . Because everyone is cheering for the same team , the tension does not really seethe over , but sits there simmering , like that overrated chowder you ’re about to pay $ 18 to consume out of a hollowed - out loaf of bread .
5. Philadelphia Phillies
It ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiahas commit Philly fans the sentiency that their world-wide awfulness has been rebranded with a freshly - faced comic identity , but the world is your distinctive Phillies fans possess all of the alcoholic drink - riddle oblivion and stupidity of a Charlie or a Mac with absolutely none of the spell ( Dennis is far better train than your distinctive Citizens Bank habitant ) . The horrible Philly buff has become such a well - worn stereotype that one could understand a little bit of " they are n’t in reality that bad " contrarian sentiment . But no . Just no . They are 100 % that badand will remain that bad until at least the end of Ryan Howard ’s contract sometime in 2035 .
4. New York Yankees
Remember that mirror view in25th Hour ? Well , Yankees fans are basically the Bensonhurst Italian section of that scene , times a thousand . No fanbase on Earth is more arrogant , more entitled , more cocky , and more horrible than the Yankees . And the good / worst part of it ? They ’re not that good anymore . All these shitty , foresighted - condition , bloated deals , compensate $ 25 million to 35 - year - old CC Sabathia this twelvemonth ; $ 23 million to 35 - year - honest-to-goodness Mark Teixeira ; $ 21 million to both Jacoby Ellsbury and 40 - year - old A - Rod ; $ 15 million to 38 - year - quondam Carlos Beltran . That ’s $ 105 million , which would be the seventeenth - high payroll in MLB , to five histrion whose average years is 37 . I mean , holy son of a bitch , that is candidly just awful management .
And the sad affair is it used to be that it did n’t matter . The Yankees would cherry - peck the best players from the modest clubs and sit them for two years to a couple of World Series wins and reload , and no one else could really do anything about it . But now , despite the genuine entire Colorado Rockies paysheet they ’re throwing away to sure-enough sheik who might not even start up on the Colorado Rockies , they do n’t even get to claim they have the highest paysheet in MLB . And after all that money spent , they ’re still losing wild - circuit board game . You might call up this would make Yankee fans a fiddling bit more surmount , a little bit more modest . You would be wrong . Yankee sports fan view modesty as a failing , and so they bollocks up the trump harder and louder . Bensonhurst . BENSON - HURST .
3. Boston Red Sox
There has never been a gloaming from national grace quite like Red Sox buff ' tumble over the last 12 years . Before that first World Series win , they were the lovable unsuccessful person , a provincial town of hilariously stressed n’er - do - wells shell Fenway Franks , that racy chocolate-brown mustard lodge in the side of their " Cowboy Up " Kevin Millar playoff beard . People appreciate the spectacle , and felt a little disconsolate for the chubby bozo from Revere outwear Tom Brunansky jerseys who spent all their money on beers at the game , and ended up lapse out in Kenmore post until the blue line picked back up .
And then they win . And as anyone who ’s ever been to Gillette Stadium can take the stand , there is nothing worse than Boston fans when a Boston team is get ahead . But unlike the unshakeable assurance of the Yankees fan , the Sox fan possesses a terrifyingly pessimistic survey of the secret plan . Boston sports lecture radio is filled with conspiracy theorists and apologist in equal measure , as is Fenway . fortuitously , unless you ’re in a Yankees jersey , the fans are more probable to pick fights based on local high school Thanksgiving Day football game competition ( " There go those nestling from Catholic Memorial ! Get ‘em ! " ) , but then again , in Boston it ’s usually best not to campaign your lot .
2. St. Louis Cardinals
We care to have fun around here , but we realize many of these wholesale generalizations we ’re making might apply to some element of a fanbase but not necessarily the fanbase as a whole . But Richmondena Cardinalis fan ? WOW . Fact : every last Cardinals sports fan believe right down to the gist of their custard - fortified bones that , by golly , the Cards are just a special franchise bless by whatever divinity you believe in ( oh , who are we kidding , it ’s the Christian one ) with the capacity to just do thing the right-hand way .
They visualize themselves the honest devotee in baseball game to such a degree that it ’s become a punchline within baseball circles and a moral force bless with its own must - read , lip service - exposing Twitter accountwhere you could say all the awfully anti-Semite things they proceed to say about Jason Heyward for make bold to , you know , choose his employer . Oh , and their front office broke Union lawshacking into the Houston Astros computer system , which has somehow received about 1 % the care that Tom Brady ’s gustatory sensation for somewhat more grippable balls did .
1. Los Angeles Dodgers
Unlike a Lakers game , which is really just an excuse for plastic narcissist thespian and the power grubbers who fund their films to forecast out a different way to be on camera , Dodgers bowl is less about the flashbulb , and more about two very existent , very different elements :
A)The hoi polloi in the expensive seats really do get there late , take off their shirts to reveal small , crocked shirt , stick four inning , knock around six to eleventy thousand beach clod they mostly play in themselves , eat a rotten Dodger Dog , tell a made - up Vin Scully story they heard from their uncle , leave early , and listen to theYou Must Remember Thispodcast on the way home rather of the game . And yes , we get that this is because the traffic is atrocious , and parking at the sports stadium is an exercise in self - flogging , and the entire idea of LA was founded on the idea that it would be a proud series of Village for no more than 35 people with cars to travel around , but still , maybe just do n’t go ?
B)The people in the cheap seats really do beat up controvert fans . Or call them horrible thing until they leave . Every exclusive person we spill to who is either a Dodgers buff , or has been to the biz as a visitor , recalled some of the most uncomfortable , unprintable stories of fighting , or things being poured on women , children , and the similar , just to provoke a scrap . coolheaded , guys . Way to show your passionateness .
Oh also : your beloved Dodger Dogs are essentially wilted , under - salted , un - jaunty Slim Jims that no one would ever consider eating were they not trapped in an enclosed space four miles from their automobile surrounded by people hitting beach balls and attempt to fight their children .
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