the buzz log
The Boston Red Sox stormed back to beat the Cleveland Indians and snag the American League pennant. Their reward? A meeting with destiny's darlings—the Colorado Rockies. While this might be the frostiest matchup ever seen in October, the Search box isn't feeling the chill. Queries on both teams are burning up the basepaths of Buzz. We're hoping for some delicious drama when the two teams meet.
To decide a champ in Search, we studied a number of important criteria. While searches on the oh-so-hip "papelbon dance" sway us toward favoring the Sox, the Buzz tells us it will be a much closer matchup...
| Serious Series Searches | |||
| Boston Red Sox | Colorado Rockies | The Winner is... | |
| Overall Searches | Their dramatic comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the ALCS pushed their buzz to the highest point of the season. | Their dramatic server meltdown spurred a massive wave of searches from ticket-hungry fans. | Right now the Rockies are leading thanks to the ticket tumult. |
| Top Related Search | Red Sox Tickets | Colorado Rockies Tickets | It's a draw. The real losers are the fans faced with exorbitant resale prices. From an average seat price of $1,465 in Boston to $781 in Denver, the market is a bit frothy. |
| Best Craigslist Trade for Tix | A new roof from a Sox fan. | Chiropractic treatment from a Rockies backer. | Our spine could always use alignment, but a leak-proof roof is a top priority. We'll take the Sox here. |
| Hottest Player in Buzz | Stud pitcher and ALCS MVP Josh Beckett. | Slugging OF and NL MVP candidate Matt Holliday. | Holliday's been key to the Rockies' amazing run, but Beckett's been there before. Edge: Sox. |
| Wildest Related Search | Red Sox Infield Grass | Colorado Rockies Songs | We enjoy the Sox logo mowed into the Fenway grass, but tunes about the Rockies have us humming. Chalk this one up for Colorado. |
| Ballpark Buzz | Fenway Park has the charm and history. | Coors Field has a well-earned rep as a hitter's paradise. | Fenway slurps up more searches than Coors. |
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what's the buzz?
A subject's buzz score is the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject on a given day, multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read. Weekly leaders are the subjects with the greatest average buzz score for a given week.
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