The Boston Red Sox may have taken eight of nine games so far this season from the New York Yankees but to the fans of the teams in the state of Connecticut that doesn’t seem to matter.
In the yearly Quinnipiac Poll that measures the favorite teams of the residents of the state of Connecticut, the Yankees hold a 43% to 38% advantage over the Red Sox. The New York Mets are a distant third at 7%. Last year, the Yankees held just a 1% lead over the Red Sox at 39% to 38%.
Oddly enough, the Red Sox are favored higher among women in CT as 42% prefer them to the 39% that like the Yankees. For men though it’s a different story as the Yankees hold a 47% to 35% advantage.
As you might expect, the Yankees hold the highest advantage in Fairfield County which is obviously closer to New York. The Yankees also hold a 46% to 33% advantage in the lower middle of the state in Middlesex and New Haven counties.
The Red Sox dominate the north central, east, northeast and southeast parts of the state. In Hartford County, the Red Sox hold a 48% to 36% advantage. These numbers right here are something that MLB on FOX and FOX 61 need to take a look at when determining what game to take for Saturday Night Baseball when the Red Sox and Yankees are both playing and not against each other.
In Tolland, Windham and New London counties, the Red Sox hold an overwhelming 67% to 27% advantage. There are no poll numbers from Litchfield County but being purely speculative here, I’d have to say the Yankees would hold the advantage there as well.
