Facebook data gives the World Series edge to Boston Red Sox

With a 3-2 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, it looks like the Boston Red Sox are primed to win baseball’s highest title, thanks to their fans — not the ones at the games, but the ones on Facebook. Stats from Expion, a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer in pages, apps and insights, show that the most active fanbases in the Major League Baseball playoffs were the ones that advanced to the next round.

If things keep to this pattern, then the Red Sox will win their third World Series title of the decade.

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