New York is known for what sport

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  1. eyedea

    eyedea Active Member

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    I had this argument with my friend at the bar Saturday, I want to see what you people say. The question is ... "New York is a ____ sports town"
     
  2. tcrock

    tcrock Well-Known Member

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    umm, baseball, easy
     
  3. Poeman

    Poeman Well-Known Member

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    its baseball...

    When you think NY...you think Yankees

    When you think LA...you think Lakers (basketball)


    The tougher argument is with Boston...Celtics or Red Sox...Ultimately, Red Sox/baseball rules Boston.
     
  4. Brook!

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    New York is a baseball town.

    New Jersey on the other hand is a football state.

    Most football teams per square foot in the entire country :rofl2:
     
  5. nyjunc

    nyjunc 2008 TGG Bryan Cox "Most Argumentative" Award Winn

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    NY is considered a baseball town b/c we have the most successful franchise in sports that plays here that is a baseball team but the Jets playing a meaningless Mon Night game in october drew higher ratings in NY than the Yanks who were playing a playoff game so I think football is really #1.
     
  6. matt robinson 17

    matt robinson 17 Well-Known Member

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    I agree Junc...
     
  7. TommyJ

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    in the late 60's and early 70's it was a basketball town. they still call it the sport of the city. it can be attributed to whomever is winning at the time.
     
  8. Dierking

    Dierking Well-Known Member

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    How many hard lemonades did it take you guys to get to the bottom of that one?
     
  9. JetsVilma28

    JetsVilma28 Well-Known Member

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    baseball

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  10. Br4d

    Br4d 2018 Weeb Ewbank Award

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    Baseball before the decline. Football now.
     
  11. Yisman

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    I'd say baseball pretty clearly
     
  12. tcrock

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    that's more a product of 1) football being more popular right now in general, 2) the Yankees in the playoffs are ho hum in the last decade or so until it's a World Series.

    NY is was and always will be a baseball town.....Christ we don't even have a football team that plays within the city's borders.....rooted from the old days of the Giants Dodgers & Yanks........and all of the Yanks titles as much as they want to make me puke.
     
  13. displacedfan

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    Baseball unless the Knicks or Nets become consistently good. Baseball has the most successful NY franchise, the Yankees. Basketball is second (mostly mecca of basketball, msg, historic, etc) but when you have the main team bad for 10 years at a time, it can't compete with a team that's missed the playoffs once in the last 15 years(?)

    Good question though.

    Oh and overall across the country football is more popular so it will draw viewers. Also, missing 1/16 games is a LOT more painful than missing 1/162 games.
     
  14. jonnyd

    jonnyd 2007 TGG.com Funniest Poster Award Winner

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    This made me shart.

    NY loves its sports. Great "sports town" but it is a BASEBALL town. Gay? yes.But true
     
  15. xmscott

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    Its Yankee town, easy.
     
  16. jonnyd

    jonnyd 2007 TGG.com Funniest Poster Award Winner

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    It became a baseball town when we had 3 teams
     
  17. Poeman

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    If Brooklyn Dodgers were still around or NY Giants...This would be a bigger baseball town.

    NY Mets, will never be the same feeling.
     
  18. Greenday4537

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    All day long!
     
  19. mr nyjet

    mr nyjet Well-Known Member

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    pickpocketing?:eek:hmy:
     
  20. Satire?

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    as a proud non-new yorker and proud non-east coast raised individual i can say ny is easily a baseball town. yeah, town. i said it.
     

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