A new study showed that Chicago White Sox fans drank the most of any Major League Baseball fan base.
According to the study, White Sox fans drink an average of 4.2 drinks per game and spend about $ 46, placing them in No. 1 spot. 1 on the “Booziest Baseball Fans” list.
“It’s known that the ‘South Siders’ of Chicago are getting a little agitated, so it might come as no surprise that the White Sox are at number 1 on our list of MLB fans who drink the most,” he said NJ Online Gambling.
Chicago Cubs fans ranked 14th on the list, would have drunk an average of 3.4 drinks per game and spent about $ 45, just a dollar less than White Sox supporters.
The White Sox also topped the company’s list of “highest pranksters,” which ranked 3rd, just behind Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis fans. Louis Cardinals. The study showed that approximately 67% of White Sox fans reported drinking before the game began.
According to a similar study, 49% of White Sox fans also reported that “they probably missed part or all of the game due to excessive drinking,” putting them back in No. 1 spot.
The NJ Online Gambling study looked at MLB fans over the age of 21 across the United States. According to the company, 58% of respondents were men and 42% women, with an average age of 36 years.
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Chicago could see some fans return to the stands, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday as the city prepares to begin its baseball season.
“Not right now, but I think there will be a time this season when you’ll see fans in both the Wrigley and Guaranteed Rate grandstands, which I still call Sox Park,” Lightfoot said.
The White Sox are scheduled to return home on April 8 after starting their season on the road, while the Cubs are set to begin their home opening at Wrigley Field on April 1.
Lightfoot’s comments come as some fans begin to return to booths in long-closed venues such as Barclays Center in New York.
“What I’ve said before is that we’re talking to both sports teams,” Lightfoot said. “I think they came up with very good plans and when we are ready, we will announce what the future will look like for other potential spectators in the stands.”
Gov. JB Pritzker said last week that talks were “ongoing” for Illinois as well.
“I don’t want to go through this process. I mean, honestly, we’re relying on epidemiologists as well as, you know, to find out how we can do this in practice,” Pritzker said Friday. “We are all very hopeful that the numbers – as they have done well in Illinois so far – will continue to be so. But you know, sen. [Dick] Durbin talked about the other options that exist. So we just want to be careful and attentive to what we do. But, certainly, these discussions continue. “
In early February, Dr. Allison Arwady, director of the Chicago Department of Public Health, said that while the city was making “good progress,” sports teams were still “at a distance” to allow fans to participate in the games.
The Cubs and White Sox played their 2020 seasons without fans in the stands, and the Chicago Bears did the same at Soldier Field, with no fans participating in any of the eight home games.
Each of the teams said that they keep in close contact with health officials about the situation.