Scoreboards

[mjrbaseball]

Noticing that many people are including graphics of scoreboards in their sigs (including myself), I wonder if there is any call for a place to discuss the real things -- scoreboards in stadiums and arenas. They've always fascinated me, so I am starting a thread for them. Whether it's an old model with manual digits and a round clock, or a huge video screen, let us discuss. (Pics are welcome too.)

[jkrdevil]

I take it Pete Rose never saw the old Yankee Stadium Scoreboard.

[mjrbaseball]

I take it Pete Rose never saw the old Yankee Stadium Scoreboard.

Across town at Shea Stadium, the blank space in the out-of-town scores section had "NO THROWING OBJECTS".

[mjrbaseball]

I guess scoreboards aren't a popular topic among members of this board. Oh well.

Has anyone ever heard of any other place where they might be discussed?

[Ez Street]

Here are some pics I took of the scoreboard at Kauffman stadium.

Royals scoreboard Wallpaper

Another shot of the Royals scoreboard

Royals scoreboard during fireworks show

[mjrbaseball]

Kansas City has a cool scoreboard. I always liked boards with unusual shapes. The old Rangers scoreboard shaped like Texas was the best, I think.

[RyanB06]

Of course, all discussions of scoreboards have to include the most famous of all:

[mjrbaseball]

I love it!

That old Comiskey Park scoreboard was a work of art.

(I don't think it would be a stretch to say that at one time, Chicago had the three best scoreboards in all of sports ... Comiskey, the jewel in Wrigley Field, and the extremely confusing multi-dial board at Chicago Stadium for the Black Hawks.)

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Did You Know? ...

In 1956, the Yankees sold the old scoreboard at Yankee Stadium to the Phillies, where it was erected at Connie Mack Stadium. Could this be the only scoreboard ever used in two major league parks?

[marlinfan]

i wish i could find a bigger own of the teal monster.

[RyanB06]

IIRC, the Teal Monster originally had a manual out-of-town scoreboard. If that was the case, I wish they still had it.

[sj32]

Did You Know? ...

In 1956, the Yankees sold the old scoreboard at Yankee Stadium to the Phillies, where it was erected at Connie Mack Stadium. Could this be the only scoreboard ever used in two major league parks?

When Braves Field in Boston was sold to Boston U, the scoreboard was sold and moved to Kansas City Municipal Stadium, where it was used by the Kansas City A's and the Kansas City Chiefs.

[mjrbaseball]

IIRC, the Teal Monster originally had a manual out-of-town scoreboard. If that was the case, I wish they still had it.

I recall it differently.

They way I remember the original Teal Monster, it was all electronic, but the out-of-town scores were full innings line scores, like Wrigley Field. I thought that set-up was a bit strange.

Let's try to find pics to see which of us is correct.

[Stampman]

Of course, all discussions of scoreboards have to include the most famous of all:

Yeah--that is a classic--in this digital day & age I wonder if we'll ever see something else it again...

[mjrbaseball]

i wish i could find a bigger own of the teal monster.

The Teal Monster always puzzled me. It looks like they took great effort to design a nice-looking scoreboard, but forgot to leave space for the game actually going on in the stadium. The Marlins score seems to be relegated to a stock model high-school-type scoreboard above and to the right of the Teal Monster.

[marlinfan]

IIRC, the Teal Monster originally had a manual out-of-town scoreboard. If that was the case, I wish they still had it.

I recall it differently.

They way I remember the original Teal Monster, it was all electronic, but the out-of-town scores were full innings line scores, like Wrigley Field. I thought that set-up was a bit strange.

Let's try to find pics to see which of us is correct.

the older one was basically i cruder version of the one today with a manual scoreboard. most people i talk to love it. but sadly the new park won't include a teal monster.

[OMMF]

I think the locations are pretty obvious. I hate Seattle's but that's cause I have to stare at it all the time. It used to be worse. Instead of one side being a video screen, each side had 16 screens making one big one. Worst idea ever.

[Mac the Knife]

IIRC, the Teal Monster originally had a manual out-of-town scoreboard. If that was the case, I wish they still had it.

I recall it differently.

They way I remember the original Teal Monster, it was all electronic, but the out-of-town scores were full innings line scores, like Wrigley Field. I thought that set-up was a bit strange.

Let's try to find pics to see which of us is correct.

I was at their first-ever game in '93. Sorry, but Ryan has it right - it was done manually, without line scores.

[OMMF]

IIRC, the Teal Monster originally had a manual out-of-town scoreboard. If that was the case, I wish they still had it.

I recall it differently.

They way I remember the original Teal Monster, it was all electronic, but the out-of-town scores were full innings line scores, like Wrigley Field. I thought that set-up was a bit strange.

Let's try to find pics to see which of us is correct.

I was at their first-ever game in '93. Sorry, but Ryan has it right - it was done manually, without line scores.

From here:

SIGNATURE FEATURES

The best feature of Pro Player is an asymmetrical, natural-grass field that offers enough quirks and surprises to make baseball life interesting. The first thing that captures your eye is a left field barrier that ranges in height from 25 to 30 feet -- a so-called Teal Monster that eats up potential home runs. The wall itself is an unremarkable 8 feet, but an uneven out-of-town manual scoreboard tops the fence and extends from just short of the left field corner well into left-center field. A clock sits on top of the scoreboard and seems to pull balls toward it like a magnet.

[mjrbaseball]

I was at their first-ever game in '93. Sorry, but Ryan has it right - it was done manually, without line scores.

I must have imagined it, then ... or maybe it was somewhere else and I got it mixed up in my mind.

Thanks.

[mjrbaseball]

Basketball/hockey arena scoreboards seem to have developed a "sameness" to them around the leagues.