(CBS) The Cubs’ 107-year World Series drought is well-documented and there’s arguably no more embarrassing team in all of baseball this season than the White Sox, but their fans can take solace in this.
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Cleveland Indians fans score an A+ in spelling, punctuation and grammar.
From the team that brought you the typographically incorrect but lovable slogan “Ya Gotta Believe” come baseball’s most grammatically-challenged fans. Phillies fans don’t right real gud. They made a tidy 3.6 mistakes per 100 words.
The second-worst grammarians were fans of the Philadelphia Phillies with 13.5 mistakes per 100 words.
Here are the fans with the worst grammar in baseball, via Grammarly.
. As the Wall Street Journal article points out, though, being at the bottom of this study isn’t necessarily a good thing.
Despite the Mets and Phillies, fans of National League teams made fewer mistakes than those of the American League. I know at least two fan bases that will probably have something to say about this.
Thanks to the proofreading software Grammarly, we’re able to see which fanbases produce the most grammatical mistakes.
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