Infographic: The MLB Metro System (An Amtrak Mashup)
This is a re-plotting of all the cities that are home to Major League Baseball teams. Each MLB city is a metro station. The distance between stations has been scaled against Amtrak's current mileage between cities and made completely straight, unless there is trackage that multiple Amtrak routes run on (e.g. the Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited run on the same trackage between Los Angeles and San Antonio before splitting off to Dallas and Houston). Every Amtrak route that runs between cities is represented. Other routes are not detailed. If multiple routes exist between cities, they are denoted by a split line (e.g. Chicago to Milwaukee is serviced by both the Empire Builder and Hiawatha service), or dashed markings. Cities that are not home to a MLB team aren't stations, but if I could add one it would be New Orleans. The route would be from Atlanta to New Orleans (current Crescent) then to Houston (current Sunset Limited), with a branch from Chicago to New Orleans (current City of New Orleans). This hypothetical is correctly scaled on the map (braggy, I know...).
Infographic: Face of the Franchise
The infographic shows the players who had played exclusively for their team the longest (as of the end of the 2011 season). Other notable veterans are included too. Remember when Paul Konerko played for the Reds and Dodgers? Yeah, neither do I. Click to enlarge.
It's not necessarily about money, incentives, loyalty, or even winning.