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June 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Instagram and baseball have a few things in common — they both invite reflection and facilitate nostalgia, for example.
Now it seems they go together like 7th Inning and stretch. The photo sharing network is completely dominating in Major League ballparks this season.
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A month into the 2012 season, there has already been a 400% increase in Instagram photos posted from big league parks compared to the entire 2011 season.
In total, more than 40,000 photos of ballparks have been posted to Instagram.
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Which teams lead the charge? It’s no big surprise that the San Francisco Giants‘ hometown ATT Park is the biggest filtered photo magnet, with almost 6,000 posts so far this year.
The Giants are extremely active in social media, play in a gorgeous stadium and are located in the heart of the American tech scene. In fact, Instagram grew into a billion dollar company not far from ATT Park.
Yankee Stadium, Atlanta’s Turner Field, Chicago’s Wrigley Field and Boston’s Fenway Park round out the top five.
The social media tool VenueSeen compiled these stats and more from publicly posted Instagram photos to create the infographic below. The company even broke down some of major league baseball‘s primary rivalries to see which teams own Instagram bragging rights so far this season.
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In the Battle of the Bay, the league-leading Giants dominate the Oakland Athletics by a tally of about 6,000 Instagram posts to about 1,400. The Yankees-Red Sox America League East rivalry, meanwhile, goes to the Yankees at a score of approximately 2,200 to 2,000.
Chicago’s Red Line Series has the Cubs dominating the White Sox, and the Philadelphia Phillies trounce the Pittsburgh Pirates for bragging rights in Pennsylvania.
Check out the infographic below for the fuller picture, and let us know in the comments — what’s your favorite ballpark filter?
Thumbnail image courtesy Poppy Wright, Flickr.
This story originally published on Mashable here.
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