Be careful what you write and how you write it on the Internet, baseball fans. Grammarly teamed up with the Wall Street Journal and analyzed the top 150 comments (an average of over 10,000 words) on every official MLB site to determine which fan base was the most grammatically correct.
New York Mets fans were found to have the worst grammar after the study revealed they make 13.9 mistakes (spelling, grammar, punctuation) per 100 words. For comparison, Cleveland Indians fans have the best grammar and make only 3.6 errors per 100 words.
Take a look at the graphic scorecard below, courtesy of Grammarly:
As for Royals fans, the study found their comments were the most "verbose" thanks to their "lengthy rants," according to the Wall Street Journal. But hey, can anyone be surprised after the fan base has wasted their lives at the computer cramming countless undeserved All-Star votes into the flawed system? You'd think the fan base of a team who hadn't reached the postseason in 28 years up until 2014 would be a bit more humble than that ... especially since they ranked 27th among the rest of the team's fan bases with 12.4 grammatical errors per 100 words.
Grammarly and the Wall Street Journal also teamed up in April to conduct the same study among NFL fans, where they found Washington Redskins were the least grammatically correct of the NFL fan bases.
These are not the only studies Grammarly has orchestrated to unearth those who are incapable of proper grammar. They also joined up with Mashable in 2013 to find out which professional athletes made the most such mistakes.
After analyzing the 25 most-recent tweets from a number of pro athletes, the study found NFL running back Chris Johnson committed 31.4 mistakes per 100 words and WWE wrestler Dolph Ziggler made 30.2 errors. Others on that list included New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul, tennis star Andy Murray and world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather.
So, New York Mets fans (and others at the bottom of the list), be sure to have someone proofread/edit your future comments before clicking "submit."
