But according to University of Regina PhD candidate Katie Sveinson, Blue Jays fans on Twitter give a starker portrait. Throughout the 2017 season, she compiled 850,000 tweets all mentioning @BlueJays, #BlueJays or the slogan #LetsRise. From there, she narrowed her data pool to 8,500 tweets that also mentioned fan, fans or fandom. “Don’t call yourself a Jays fan if your already bitching about them losing today,” reads one tweet from Sveinson’s tweet pool. Don't call yourself a Jays fan if your already bitching about them losing today.

Source: National Post May 27, 2018 18:22 UTC