Infographic: How baseball teams got their name

By mhblatt • July 20, 2011

There’s a new book out by Craig Robinson with the info-ist graphic that you’ve ever seen! The book Flip Flop Fly Ball is described as “an infographic baseball adventure.”

Here’s one example, showing how baseball teams derived their names and dividing them up in a venn diagram:

There are more infographics at Slate, along with an interview with the author, and more graphics at the author’s website.

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