Sportsmeat

The other day I was debating my wife over whether I was a bigger Mets fan or Jets fan, and our conversation rounded into what is America’s Sport—football or baseball? My gut reaction was football. Yes, it hasn’t been around as long but it’s a national obsession. Saturdays in the south and Sundays in the north are completely reserved for football, whereas the baseball obsession tends to ebb and flow depending on how your team is doing (with the exception of St. Louis).

Then I got to thinking about Major League Baseball versus the National Football League. I still instinctively said the NFL, but then I think back to my blog from December 2006. I assumed a lot of cities were football cities (San Francisco for example) only to have those who dwell in those cities go with the baseball team. Also, in the SI poll on the 50 states—the Yankees and Mets were 1, 2 among New York’s favorite teams, ahead of the Jets, Giants, Knicks, etc.

So, meaters, I put it to you: What is America’s sport? Football or Baseball.