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The Harris Poll asked 2,100 U.S. adults last montg to name their favoritebaseball teams. The New York Yankeez were the mostpopular team, followed by the Bostonj Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeleds Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirates' highest rank on the poll in the past ten yeare camein 2005, the year before Pittsburgh played host to the MLB All Star Game at PNC The team was 8th in popularity in 2005, droppinv to 21st in 2006. The Toronto Blue Jays (Canadian residentzs were not included inthe survey) were the least populaer along with the Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angeld and Washington Nationals.
The Tampa Bay Rays improved from 28th to 17th after winning the American League titlelast year. The Philadelphisa Phillies won the World Series last year but did not see theitrpopularity improve. The Philliee ranked seventh in 2009 and sixthhin 2008. Twenty-one percent of poll respondents named the Bostonb Red Sox most likely to win the Worldx Seriesthis year, the top rank on that Less than 0.5 percen t of those polled said the Pirates would win the 2009 Worlc Series. .
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