Presented without comment:
OK, one comment: Please go back to the comments of any Phillies-related post at HardballTalk from, say, 2009-2011 and observe that the word “diehard” was used so often by Phillies fans to describe themselves that the Oxford English Dictionary considered making DiehardPhilliesFan its very own word.
An analysis of Major League Baseball fans conducted by Emory Sports Marketing Analytics compared fan demand with winning percentage. Phillies fans are the most demanding on the study’s “win sensitivity” list. Next in line were fans of the Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox.
At the bottom of the ranking -- the fans who attended games whether their teams were winning or losing -- were the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals.
OK, one comment: Please go back to the comments of any Phillies-related post at HardballTalk from, say, 2009-2011 and observe that the word “diehard” was used so often by Phillies fans to describe themselves that the Oxford English Dictionary considered making DiehardPhilliesFan its very own word.
But let’s not data interfere with a heartfelt belief.