This can't be all Sammy's Doing?
Not sure if anybody really cares but there is a Harris Interactive poll out that says the Rangers have become the 16th most popular team this season. This is very surprising given the fact that we were ranked 27th last season. I believe the jump is based on Wilkerson's last two weeks as an MVP candidate.
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you gotta be kidding me right?
by weslyenkid01 on Jul 10, 2007 2:19 PM CDT reply actions
Some notions
- July 9 release, and media outlets have featured Ranger All Stars most of whom were All Star MVP's recently
- Sammy Sosa's amazing recovery from baseball reject to mediocre slugger
- A June/July surge that got favorable publicity in major market media
- (inversely) Being on the receiving end of a Buehrle no hitter and a total gem by Erik Bedard.
- (wry) People who live and die by national politics desperately looking for something good about Texas
- (acrid) Baseball fans who think their team will end up with Mark Teixeira
- (personal) A growing understanding that where they live really sucks compared to living in Texas
by Ed Coffin on Jul 10, 2007 2:34 PM CDT reply actions
Population
I find this really cool...
1> It looks like our bad ranking last year was the weird one - #27 after 4 years between 15 and 21.
2> Its funny how some teams are very regional (high rankings) and others are local (lower rankings). Atlanta gets a huge boost from being the first team in the South, and the LA Dodgers and Giants just swamp all the other Southwest clubs. The latecomers to the area - the Padres, Angels, A's and DBacks - are all basically locked into their market and no where else.
3> On a related note, Seattle looks like they've solidified a large regional market. I'd be interested to know how much of this effect is due to Ichiro... Long term, this can't be good for the Rangers...
4> Looks like Texas was favored over Houston until recent years when they went to the playoffs several times and world series once and we did badly.
love the publicity
by weslyenkid01 on Jul 10, 2007 2:47 PM CDT reply actions
Is this diary.....
Uh Huh ...
by NYCMuscleFag on Jul 10, 2007 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
History
Last year was the clear anomaly.

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