Posts Tagged by montana
This is a Thing that Actually Happened
| April 5, 2012 | Posted by ReubenFB under Map of the Week |
Turner, MT and sportsnationdivided.com get 15 more minutes of fame on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. If you’re interested in watching this whole story unfold, check out: Craig Robinson’s original map on Flip Flop Fly Ball. My subsequent cheap shot at the outstanding, extremely well reported-upon town of Turner, Montana, with angry comments. My resulting apology, with… more
What It Means to be an Urban Sport
| January 22, 2012 | Posted by ReubenFB under Geo-Analysis |
For those following the whole Turner debacle, to kiss and make up I asked the residents of Turner to help me finish this map, which broke down the country by NBA fandom and left western Montana blank. The responses have trickled in, and by and large it seems that people in this part of Montana, well, just don’t care about… more
Map of the Week: the Saddest Town in America
| January 5, 2012 | Posted by ReubenFB under Map of the Week |
Update 1/16/2012: Turner responds. Ever wonder which town in America was furthest from a major league team? Well wonder no more, courtesy of Craig Robinson and his beautiful graphic design/baseball site www.flipflopflyball.com. The website for Turner, Montana does not include this particular factoid, but here are some highlights: Turner hosts an annual car show, apparently. “Housing several businesses, the town… more
Map of the Week Update: Turner Responds
A week or so back, I took a rather cheap shot at Turner, Montana: the town in the contiguous US furthest from a professional baseball team. As an extremely dorky baseball fan, the 647-mile trip to the nearest team would be tough for me, but obviously it doesn’t make Turner the “Saddest Town in America.” Well if you happened to… more