Major League Baseball: The Social Media Rundown

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Sam Laird
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Major League Baseball: The Social Media Rundown

Spring is in the air and another Major League Baseball season is upon us.

For sports fans, that means seven solid months of day games, nights at the ballpark, hotdogs, cold beer and all the other awesome things that go along with America's pastime.

But what's the baseball landscape look like online? Regardless of on-field results, which teams dominate digitally? The infographic below, which comes by way of digital marketing company Silverpop, takes a look.

If you hate the Yankees, prepare to be disgusted. The Bronx Bombers -- possibly by virtue of playing in New York, possibly by virtue of being a huge global brand -- have a major leg up in social media popularity. Here's one example: they have a whopping 29 times as many Facebook fans as the nearby Washington Nationals.

To see which other teams do well online -- as well as which teams need to boost their social profiles, where fans check in most, and how franchises communicated with fans before Opening Day -- take a look at the full infographic below.

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