I have no idea how this escaped my notice up until this point. But I've seen several people post and/or tweet about it in the past few days, so allow me to jump on the bandwagon way too late.
This thing is a site called Flip Flop Fly Ball, wherein artist Craig Robinson has created a whole slew of awesome baseball-related infographics. These graphs answer such questions as, how long did it take to assemble (and disassemble) the 1986 Mets? If bases were literally stolen, how much would it cost each team? How do the Indians reflect the Native American population of Cleveland? (As you might guess, not very much.)
And the best one of all: a complete box score for "an Eastern Division Tiebreaker Game that Exists in My Head" between the Wu-Tang Clan and the E-Street Band. As you might expect, the starting pitchers were RZA and The Boss.
This just scratches the surface. There's a buffet of awesomeness here--including an 8-bit page header with many subtle nods to baseball touchstones both real and fictional (see if you can figure out what "game" is referenced on the scoreboard). So click and enjoy.
This thing is a site called Flip Flop Fly Ball, wherein artist Craig Robinson has created a whole slew of awesome baseball-related infographics. These graphs answer such questions as, how long did it take to assemble (and disassemble) the 1986 Mets? If bases were literally stolen, how much would it cost each team? How do the Indians reflect the Native American population of Cleveland? (As you might guess, not very much.)
And the best one of all: a complete box score for "an Eastern Division Tiebreaker Game that Exists in My Head" between the Wu-Tang Clan and the E-Street Band. As you might expect, the starting pitchers were RZA and The Boss.
This just scratches the surface. There's a buffet of awesomeness here--including an 8-bit page header with many subtle nods to baseball touchstones both real and fictional (see if you can figure out what "game" is referenced on the scoreboard). So click and enjoy.
