Do you care if your team is hated?

Question

There's so much talk about teams being the most loved or most hated. I'm a Yankees fan and when I was a kid, it used to bug me that so many people hated the Yankees. Now, I gladly accept it. You know why? Because when your team is hated by other teams fans, that means they're probably doing something good. Like winning. Remember what Reggie Jackson said: "They don't boo nobodies."

So tell me, Yahoo folks. Do you like it or hate it that your team is hated? Would you like your team to be more hated than liked? Let's hear it.

Answer 1

I love that my Yankees are hated. It means we're worth jealousy. It means we're elite.

Answer 2

No

I love them, and thats all that matters

Answer 3

I'm an Indians fan and a Browns fan, have been for years so I'm used to all the slurs by other fans. I get a warm feelin though when one of them beats the hecklers teams!  =o`)

Answer 4

Personally, I don't really care what people think of the Red Sox. I guess I'd prefer non-Sox fans to be indifferent as opposed to hating them so that way I can have conversations with other teams' fans as opposed to just them telling me why they hate my team.

Answer 5

nope. Us yankee fans receive hate remarks from jealous fans of  our team every day.. : /

Answer 6

No, it doesn't bother me. It bothers Cub fans, though. I've been blocked by all of them here on Y/A baseball! What the hey. I don't care if I'M hated either!

Answer 7

I love the fact the Yankees are hated why because they are successful , and have been for a long time and they boo and hate my team , but i love it and i don't care if people don't like the Yankees  that's them , and well they can boo all they want they are just hiding the truth that the Yankees are a good team

Answer 8

I honestly don't really care. If my team is hated (Oakland A's, which I'm sure not that many hate) is fine with me, but I know some people who hate the A's for no reason, which is what makes me mad. I'd rather have them liked then hated because I don't like people hating on my team.

Answer 9

I could careless if my team is hated.  I have enough love and support for my team if the whole fan base just dissapeared.

Answer 10

I love it when I walk down the street and someone yells, "YANKEES SUCK!"  It seems like they are more worried about my team than they are of theirs.  (Whether it be the Red Sox or not).  I could care less if someone talks trash about and of my favorite teams.

Answer 11

Don't care at all. I'm a Cubs fan.

Answer 12

Do the people really hate the Angels

Answer 13

I live in the OC area and 99.6 % of the people here go for the Angels, I however go for the Dodgers.I know the Angels are a great team, and i have a large amount of love and respect for them,but first and foremost i will ALWAYS be a Dodgers fan,and when people throw out negative comments about my team it just makes me  wear my Dodger jacket with MORE pride!

Answer 14

I'd kind of like it if my team (the Royals) were hated.  That would probably mean that KC actually had a good team for a long stretch of time.

Answer 15

It doesn't really matter if the Cards are hated - I could always think of good comebacks to get them back.

Answer 16

I don't think too many people hate the Brewers, with the exception of Cubs fans, but I think they underestimate them. So I don't care if they are hated, if your team is hated it's probably because they are winning all the time. Just like I hate the Patriots and Lakers.

Answer 17

i don't hate any team actually haha i feel like the only person who does not love or hate the yankees ^^

if you hate the angels then that just tells me you actually know them! so that's kinda like wow thanks, to me haha sounds weird i know but i'm a lot more used to being ignored

that's a lot more frustrating and crummy feeling than being hated or loved.

i mean if you're hated, at least you're recognized...

but i don't think the angels are overlooked anymore

Answer 18

no. part of being a fan.

Answer 19

HATE has no place in sports or society.

Answer 20

NO THAT JUST MEANS MY TEAM IS GOOD.

Answer 21

no i actually don't care too much.  my team is the yankees and they are one of the most hated teams in mlb if not the most.  but i just don't like when people come at my team and they know nothing about it.  

Answer 22

I am a Yankee fan as well and I could care less whether people hate them or not. There are plenty of Yankee haters out there and I don't let it bother me. That just means my team is successful. No one is going to hate on a team that loses year after year.

Answer 23

Oh, not at all. I couldn't care less, honestly. Teams are hated because they're GOOD. Simple as that. The same goes for the Red Sox...they're hated because they're a good team. I take haters as a compliment.

Answer 24

I am proud to say I was born a Yankee Hater, because even though I only really got into baseball in the early 80s, my Mom was a Brooklyn Dodger fan