What other than a neato map question could get me interested in posting after work on Friday? This map is facinating but it is fundamentally unreliable as explained by its makers:

Important: this map is highly inaccurate and should be understood only as a demonstration, and not as any kind of reliable data yet. It is based on only a few thousands of votes spread across all teams, across the country.

That being said, there are a few interesting observations to be made. The Mets are supported only in a few parts of New York. The Boston Red Sox are actually supported in more parts of the state along the border of New England and in the eastern Finger Lakes. I can confirm that Ithaca is one of the most Sox-friendly area given the ballcap landscape.

Interesting to note also that the patterns follow georgraphy like river valleys (Yankees, Cardinals, maybe Orioles), regional affiliation (Braves, Seattle, Red Sox) and broadcast TV and radio (Cubs western reaches, Blue Jays and western NY). Neat to see Oswego, NY is a hotbed of Mets Fever. My impression of Watertown alliances from the hats worn at Watertown Wizards games would be that there are more Mets fans than Yankees there, too. Cubbie fandom in New Orleans is interesting, too.

Here is another one on the influence of regional centres. Interesting stuff from Common Census:

I appear to be Syracusan with Watertownian influences. I cannot argue with that.