Category: Quick Map
Baseball: A Journey Through Midwestern Time & Space
| August 16, 2012 | Posted by ReubenFB under Quick Map |
As a youngish fan, I find it difficult to wrap my head around the fact that 19th-century Americans actually played baseball. The stars of that era are largely forgotten – unless they’re associated with major MLB awards, million-dollar memorabilia auctions, or novelty twitter accounts – because it’s hard to connect with people who took the field around the same time we went to war… more
Hometown Heroes, Hometown Zeroes
| June 28, 2012 | Posted by ReubenFB under Quick Map |
The soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets, desperate to retain Deron Williams, recently surprised him on his 28th with a massive birthday truck. It must have helped, as the free agent recently stated that he had narrowed down his choices to the Nets and his hometown team, the Mavericks. Likely high first-rounder Thomas Robinson announced he would be happy to play for his… more
Tim Wakefield: What a Ride
| February 17, 2012 | Posted by ReubenFB under Quick Map |
A lot of beautiful words will be written in the next few days about Tim Wakefield, who was an eccentric but productive pitcher, an outstanding person, and one of my favorite players. With his departure from baseball, Roy Halladay becomes the active wins leader in MLB, R.A. Dickey becomes the last active knuckleballer, and Jason Varitek – at least for… more
Mapping the Migration of Team Names
| February 16, 2012 | Posted by ReubenFB under Quick Map |
(Click to enlarge) Some professional team names are pretty generic, but many reflect the history (49er’s, Trailerblazers, Nuggets), environment (Heat, Hurricanes, Thunder), or predominant industry (Brewers, Packers, Steelers) of the cities and regions they represent. Professional sports teams also move around occasionally; the map above shows ten instances where professional team names were transplanted far away from their local context,… more
Florida and the Legacy of Billy Beane
| February 9, 2012 | Posted by ReubenFB under Quick Map |
Billy Beane, long-time GM of the Oakland A’s, got a contract extension today through 2019, and as you can tell from yesterday’s featured poll above people are not exactly impressed by the whole thing. 39% is not a great result for a man who’s 2002 performance inspired both a best-selling book and an oscar-nominated role, so what happened? The easy answer… more
NFL Championship Weekend: the Twitterverse Responds
| January 23, 2012 | Posted by JoshR under Quick Map |
Sunday was a great day for football fans. Two conference championships gave us two down-to-the-wire finishes – one in overtime, one decided in the last minute. The intensity had fans in four different cities (and many more, if you count everyone who hates the Giants) crying out in anguish and celebrating in ecstasy as New York and New England advanced… more
Saints Fans to 49ers: We Are Definitely Still Bitter
| January 20, 2012 | Posted by DanB under Quick Map |
We’ve all been there. Your team got knocked out of the playoffs, and now you have to pick who to root for the rest of the way. Most importantly, you have to decide how you feel about the team that booted your squad from the playoffs. There are really only two options here: Hold a childish grudge. “Fuck those assholes.… more
SportsNation Pick ‘Em: The Final Stretch
| January 4, 2012 | Posted by ReubenFB under Quick Map |
As I write this, West Virginia is up 28-17 with 10:28 left in the second quarter of the Orange Bowl. The state of West Virginia is alone in picking the underdog Mountaineers to win this game, but if they manage to hold on then West Virginia will basically lock up the title of “Best Bowl Pickin’ State.” All data can… more
SportsNation Pick ‘Em: Now We’re Getting Somewhere Update
| December 31, 2011 | Posted by ReubenFB under Quick Map |
No new map for you today, but with twelve more bowls done we’ve passed the halfway point of the season (18 out of 35), and the state race is finally starting to pan out. Here are the leaders and anti-leaders, once again all data is available here. Leaders: Five states tied at 15 states pick correctly (83%) Virginia, Ohio, West Virginia,… more
SportsNation Bowl Pick ‘Em: Christmas Eve Update
| December 24, 2011 | Posted by ReubenFB under Quick Map |
In a nice little reminder of what I hate about bowl season, Wednesday and Thursday night featured two ridiculous mismatches that ended predictably. Every state (+ DC and the World) picked the ranked overdog over the underdog, including an overwhelming majority of voters in Louisiana and Arizona. The Pick ‘Em map is unchanged save an adjustment on the scale. In… more
