Surprise, surprise: The Yankees are America’s favorite team on Facebook

The New York Yankees remain the king! At least, that’s what Facebook says. According to the website, the Yankees are the most “liked” team in the nation.

They even released a handy map showing their work.

The map depicts fans of each team based on their respective counties. As you can see, the Yankees (in black) own not only New York, but parts of Florida, Montana, Alaska and Nevada (among others). 

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Sadly, neither the New York Mets nor the Oakland Athletics actually appear on the map, because they’ve been overwhelmed by the neighboring Yankees and San Francisco Giants. Get out there and support your teams on Facebook, Mets and A’s fans. 

Now, we can’t have Yankees’ fans walking around with an inflated ego, so let’s bring them back to Earth a bit. Your team may be the most popular in the United States, but none of our experts believe they’ll make the playoffs in 2015. 

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Ultimately, our predictions, and the map, mean little in the grand scheme of things. At least the map and our pretty faces are fun to look at, right?

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Chris Cwik is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Chris_Cwik