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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. The New York Yankees have more fans in Connecticut especially in Fairfield County than their bitter rivals, the Boston Red Sox, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
The Yankees won the poll 43 percent to 38 percent, though the Red Sox are more popular with baseball fans older than 65, the university's polling institute said on its website.
"The New York Yankees have topped the Boston Red Sox in every one of Quinnipiac University's 10 annual polls of Connecticut baseball fans, except for a 41 [percent] - 40 percent split, tipping to the Red Sox, in 2008," said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz.
"The Yankees lead is due to their big advantage in Fairfield County."
Some 54 percent of Fairfield County residents surveyed by Quinnipiac said the New York Yankees were their favorite baseball team. Less than 20 percent picked the Boston Red Sox.
That was despite the fact that Boston Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine is a native of Stamford.
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