NY Yankees may be America's favorite baseball team

As Major League Baseball heads into the All-Star Game, the New York Yankees find themselves on top as the favorite baseball team among those who follow Major League Baseball for the fifth year in a row. The Atlanta Braves jump up one spot to No. 2 while the Boston Red Sox are in third place on the list. Rounding out the top five are the St Louis Cardinals at No. 4 and the Chicago Cubs at No. 5. These are some of the results of a Harris Poll conducted online by Harris Interactive among a nationwide sample of 2,372 U.S. adults between June 5 and 11, 2007.

Two teams have moved up eight or more places since 2006: The Texas Rangers move up 11 places from a tie at No. 27 to a tie at No. 16; The Milwaukee Brewers move up eight places from No. 18 to No. 10. Three teams have dropped seven or more places since last year: The Chicago White Sox have fallen 10 places from a tie at No. 11 to No. 21; The Arizona Diamondbacks have fallen eight places from a tie at No. 14 to No. 22; The Kansas City Royals have fallen seven places from a tie at No. 21, to No. 28.

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