Big brain scientists hail Yankee fans as most faithful of all: “If we look at the sensitivity of the demand to winning for Philadelphia or the New York Yankees, they are not even close. Yankee fans basically show up regardless;

"An analysis of Major League Baseball fans conducted by two marketing professors at Emory University, Michael Lewis and Manish Tripathi, concluded that fans of the Philadelphia Phillies are the most demanding in the study’s “win sensitivity” list. The fan base least likely to forget about its team during the dark times: The New York Yankees."