What is your favorite sport to watch?
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Baseball:
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 46%
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Football:
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 23%
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Basketball:
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 7%
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Soccer:
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 4%
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Ice Hockey:
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 8%
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Golf:
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 1%
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Stock car racing:
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 3%
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Something else:
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 8%
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Are you a fan of professional baseball?
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Yes:
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83%
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No:
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13%
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No, I'm a Cubs fan:
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4%
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On average, how many professional baseball games a year do you attend?
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Between 1 and 5 games a season:
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52%
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Between 6 and 10 games a season:
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20%
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Between 11 and 15 games a season:
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6%
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More than 15 games a season:
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8%
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I don't usually go to any professional baseball games:
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15%
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Have you attended a baseball game at new Busch stadium?
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Yes:
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47%
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No:
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50%
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No, but I've been down to tour the ballpark:
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3%
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Do you always wear red when you go to the ball game in St. Louis?
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Yes:
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61%
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No:
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39%
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Yes, and I also paint my face or another part of my body:
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1%
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What food item do you ALWAYS have at a ball game?
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Popcorn:
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2%
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Hot dog:
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50%
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Nachos:
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11%
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Pretzel:
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8%
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Pizza:
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0%
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Sushi:
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0%
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All of the above:
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1%
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Something else:
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27%
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If you are not at the game, how do you most often find out what happened?
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I listen to the game or listen for the score on the radio:
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19%
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I watch the game or watch for the score on TV:
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47%
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I "watch" the game on my computer:
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5%
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I read about it the next day in the newspaper:
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12%
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Somebody in my family, class, or workplace tells me about it:
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10%
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I am not a baseball fan, so I never bother to find out what happened:
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7%
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What will be the biggest baseball story this year?
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The billion dollar Yankee - Red Sox rivalry:
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3%
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Barry Bonds' pursuit of the career home run record:
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16%
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The defense of the 2005 World Championship by the White Sox:
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1%
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Whatever the biggest story is, it will have Albert Pujols' name in it:
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60%
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None of these:
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21%
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Who is your all time favorite baseball player?
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Albert Pujols:
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10%
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Mickey Mantle:
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4%
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Stan Musial:
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23%
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Lou Gehrig:
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4%
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Mark McGwire:
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7%
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Lou Brock:
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11%
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Someone else:
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41%
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If Major League Baseball officials conclude that a professional baseball player took illegal steroids, do you think they should take away his batting records?
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Yes:
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66%
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No:
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34%
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Do you think that a player who has used illegal steroids during his career should be elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame?
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Yes:
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15%
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No:
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64%
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It depends on the player:
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21%
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Do you think the court of public opinion has already convicted some professional baseball players of using illegal steroids?
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Yes, most people think they know which players have used illegal steroids:
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89%
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No, most people still have open minds about which players have used illegal steroids:
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11%
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More important factor in winning baseball games?
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Pitching:
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80%
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Hitting:
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20%
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If baseball isn't the National Pastime, what do you think is?
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Football:
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60%
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Basketball:
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4%
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Stock car racing:
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5%
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Ice Hockey:
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2%
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Golf:
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6%
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American Idol:
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23%
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Do you believe that with enough practice you could hit a major league curve ball?
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Yes:
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24%
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No:
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76%
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