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Buy Now: A Poster Chronicling The Magical, Meticulous Taxonomy Of Baseball Team Names

In case you haven’t heard, we’ve opened a store, and we’ll be highlighting some of our products from time to time in a running feature called “Buy Now.” Today: this exhaustive, exotic chart of every professional baseball team that’s ever existed over the past 150 years.

When we first covered Pop Chart Lab‘s “Meticulous Metric of Baseball Names,” we described it as fantastic. It was true, and we knew, then and there, that we had to have these prints in our store.

The America that birthed these teams grows more elusive with every passing year, but one look at this chart brings it back to life almost instantly. Those cities! Those names! The political incorrectness!

It’s like watching Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, and Bull Durham all at the same time! At a drive-in! In the springtime! Oh, innocence.

Put this on your wall, and fill your house with old glories. Warm your living room with a character that is indelible and true.

And be sure to check out our store for other sporty trinkets.