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If you haven’t heard of the “9-9-9 Challenge” yet, go ahead and do a quick Google search because it’s going viral. It’s a simple challenge: Drink nine beers and eat nine hot dogs within the first nine innings of an MLB game.
Former NFL superstar J.J. Watt completed the challenge at a Brewers game this past weekend (in just 5 1/2 innings, of course), celebrities have also done it and thousands of baseball fans are participating daily across the country.
BetOnline.ag wanted to find out which fanbase is attempting the 9-9-9 Challenge the most, so it compiled geotagged data from Instagram and X (Twitter) by tracking MLB fan posts and tweets about attempting the infamous challenge. The sampling goes back to the beginning of the season through this past Monday.
The team with the most posts/challenge videos is at the top of the infograph provided below by BetOnline
The top spot should come as no real surprise as Philadelphia Phillies fans are known to be the rowdiest. With nearly 5,000 attempts over the course of this season, roughly 45 Philly fanatics per game are giving it a shot.
The fanbases with the fewest attempts…no surprise there either as those Florida teams don’t have many fans attending the games!
Here are the raw numbers for each team:
Philadelphia Phillies – 4868
New York Yankees – 4586
Los Angeles Dodgers – 4028
Washington Nationals – 3993
Houston Astros – 3871
Milwaukee Brewers – 3463
New York Mets – 3361
Los Angeles Angels – 2689
Toronto Blue Jays – 2689
San Francisco Giants – 2670
Minnesota Twins – 2633
Seattle Mariners – 2479
Texas Rangers – 2446
Chicago Cubs – 2263
Atlanta Braves – 1915
Cleveland Guardians – 1899
Detroit Tigers – 1878
Oakland Athletics – 1864
San Diego Padres – 1728
St. Louis Cardinals – 1678
Kansas City Royals – 1656
Chicago White Sox – 1628
Colorado Rockies – 1503
Pittsburgh Pirates – 1435
Boston Red Sox – 1372
Cincinnati Reds – 1268
Baltimore Orioles – 1245
Arizona Diamondbacks – 1112
Miami Marlins – 1067
Tampa Bay Rays – 1032
