Braves third in MLB popularity poll
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:40 pm
Locally, the Braves’ attendance and TV ratings are down. Nationally, the team’s stock remains high.
The Braves, who called themselves “America’s Team” in the heyday of their telecasts on Ted Turner’s superstation, are the third most popular team in Major League Baseball four years after TBS quit televising their games across the country, according to a nationwide Harris Poll released this week.
The New York Yankees are the most popular team and the Boston Red Sox No. 2, according to the annual poll. The Braves topped the poll for seven consecutive years in the 1990s. Since 2003, they have ranked second or third each year.
Although Braves games no longer are regularly televised outside the Southeast, old attachments resonate in the popularity poll. http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-brave ... 16919.html