National Survey of 632 Baseball Fans
Conducted October 26, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Okay… which team is most likely to win the World Series this year?

32% Philadelphia Phillies
47% New York Yankees

21% Not sure

2* Fine….how many games will it take the Phillies to beat the Yankees?

5% Four

20% Five

40% Six

23% Seven

12% Not sure

3* Fine….how many games will it take the Yankees to beat the Phillies?

13% Four

27% Five

30% Six

17% Seven

13% Not sure

4* Fine… regardless of who you think will win the World Series, who do you want to win?

49% Philadelphia Phillies
31% New York Yankees

20% Not sure

5* Okay….are you primarily rooting for the Phillies or against the Yankees?

50% For the Phillies

47% Against the Yankees

3% Not sure

6* Okay….are you primarily rooting for the Yankees or against the Phillies?

79% For the Yankees

16% Against the Phillies

5% Not sure

7* How depressed will you be if your team does not win the World Series?

5% Very depressed

6% Somewhat depressed

34% Not very depressed

54% Not at all depressed

2% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence