Bay Area Ballgames: Facebook Examines Fans Of A’s, Giants, Raiders, 49ers
The San Francisco Bay area is home to Facebook, and it is also home to four professional sports teams that have enjoyed recent success or are on the upswing, so the social network examined which parts of the region were the strongest supporters of Major League Baseball’s Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants, and the National Football League’s Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers.
The San Francisco Bay area is home to Facebook, and it is also home to four professional sports teams that have enjoyed recent success or are on the upswing, so the social network examined which parts of the region were the strongest supporters of Major League Baseball’s Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants, and the National Football League’s Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers.
The A’s are one win away from an American League Championship Series appearance, and the Bay area city with the highest percentage of Facebook users who like the team’s page is Elmira.
The Giants did not qualify for the postseason in 2013, but the club is the defending World Series champion.
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