Are all Red Sox fans outside of New England and some parts of New York bandwagon fans?

[4HIM]

I'm from New York, I'm a Yankees fan, I travel a lot. The last place I traveled was Seattle and there were a lot of people in Red Sox hats and I'm like these people cant be from Boston.

Also the Yankees have a similar problem. When I was in Colorado it didnt seem like anybody that was rooting for the Yankees was from New York.

[BrookeS]

No. You would have some snowbirds that used to live in New England and now live elsewhere.

[cadisneygirl76]

yankees and red sox have universal fans along with the cubs, and dodgers and giants because of them previously being in ny

[45457652]

The New York Tri-State Area and New England both have large population bases that go out to everywhere.

They also have colleges that seek out national student bodies, so sometimes people go there and take up the new team and abandon their hometown squad. Example: Trenton, New Jersey native Bob Ryan, burned by the 1964 Phillies, went to Boston College and saw the 1967 "Impossible Dream" team, and decided to stay in Boston to look for work. He's been with the Boston Globe ever since.

On the other hand, there's also people who take up certain teams because of perceived coolness. You know how many people tossed aside their Jordan 23 jerseys for O'Neal 34s as soon as the Fakers started winning? (The counter to this is, how many Duncan 21s do you see?)

Once the Red Sox start losing again -- probably around 2010, since the contracts of the fat guy and the dumb guy will hav expired -- then you'll see those little hats with the little red Bs start to disappear.

[2telldatruth]

Why as a matter of fact they are.

[80SMAN]

I say yes.

Of course you will always find fans from different teams everywhere you go, but I agree. I was in the woods of North Carolina and saw that stores had more Sox and Yankees hats than anything else. Same went for when I was in Vegas. It is true that some people might have migrated there, but for the most part they are bandwagon fans.

[22steve5150]

a lot of them are bandwagoners... ever since the ever-so-popular "Red Sox Nation" thing (as well as the pink-hats) there has been a lot more love for the Sox.