Playoff Odds as Distance from Rome circa 200 AD

Below is a map of the Roman Empire upon which are pasted the logos of all 30 Major League Baseball teams. Where they are located on the map corresponds to cities of the Roman Empire. Each city’s distance from Rome in travel days is roughly equivalent to the chance each team has of making the playoffs in 2014. The image is entirely embiggenable and is really only understood in an embiggened state.

A table with some data for y’alls:

Team	Playoff Odds (%)	Roman City	Travel Days From Roma	Distance (km)
Cardinals	78.2	Capua	3.3	276
Tigers	74	Carthago	4.2	632
Dodgers	73.5	Syracusae	5.1	771
Red Sox	67.7	Dertona	6.2	598
Braves	59.2	Massilia	6.8	906
Nationals	57	Tarentum	7.2	1065
Rangers	52	Apollonia (Epirus)	8.1	1201
Pirates	48.8	Salona	8.4	433
Giants	46.4	Iol Caesarea	8.7	1362
Athletics	43.8	Arminum	8.9	442
Indians	42.7	Corinthus	9.2	1444
Angels	41	Carthago Nova	10.7	1629
Rays	36.6	Chersonasos	11	1754
Yankees	34.1	Verona	12.9	668
Blue Jays	33	Alexandria	13.2	2309
Royals	31.5	Smyrna	14	2148
Diamondbacks	28.3	Caesaraugusta	15.8	1280
Mariners	28.1	Memphis	15.8	2535
Padres	25.1	Lugdunum	15.9	1267
Rockies	24.5	Virunum	17.2	806
Brewers	17.2	Antiocha	17.9	2903
Mets	13.4	Portis Blendium	18.1	1733
Reds	12	Siscia	19	733
Phillies	10	Scytholopolis	20	2980
Orioles	6.4	Constantinopolis	20.6	2645
Astros	4.2	Sirmium	21.2	888
Cubs	3.5	Volubilis	22.8	2384
Marlins	3	Londinium	26	2972
Twins	2.5	Lauriacum	26.5	1049
White Sox	2.4	Circesium	31.8	3588

Some notes:

• Distance was determined by using an astonishingly cool tool called ORBIS, and playoff odds are found on this very site, itself astonishingly cool.
• ORBIS assumes the year to be 200 AD, but this map represents the Roman Empire in 400 AD. If you tinker with ORBIS yourself, I used the default settings with September as the travel month (’cause we’re travelling to the playoffs, get it??).
• Portis Blendium, where the Mets are located, apparently disappeared between 200 and 400 AD.
• You’ll notice that it’s very difficult to hike over mountains and quite efficient to cross the empire by sea. This explains why the Twins in Lauriacum appear much closer to the playoffs/Rome than the Angels or Blue Jays. In reality, the Twins have about the same chance as the Marlins (OLD LOGO ALERT) in Londinium. I included Distance (km) in the table to give you a sense of the disparity between route length and ease of travel. The Giants are “closer” than the A’s by travel days!
• Poor White Sox.