Scoreboards That Refused to Change

Baseball’s quietest tradition still speaks loudest.

There’s something that still happens at Wrigley Field that no algorithm can replicate.

A man climbs into the belly of the old scoreboard in center field, high above the ivy. He watches the inning play out. He pulls down a metal number from a stack. He walks across a narrow catwalk, finds the right slot, and slides it into place. One run, bottom of the th…