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Gary Trujillo's avatar

Great piece. I love the traditional scoreboards.

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Mark McCoy's avatar

Great read. Love the game of baseball

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Wyrd Smythe's avatar

The whole "Make some noise" thing has gotten beyond annoying.

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Baseball Buddha's avatar

Agreed!!!

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Mike Peterson's avatar

There’s nothing more beautiful than being at the ballpark - or watching, or listening - when there isn’t much noise. Just indistinct chatter, the occasional shout or whistle. It allows you to become completely lost in the game, or just your thoughts.

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James Finn Garner's avatar

the ball/strike meter in the old Wrigley scoreboard is unique. There some sliding sound, then something like pegs come out in 3D in the shape of a number. And it is incredibly FAST, faster even than the video screens, but someone bummed me out be saying it's controlled by the guys in the press box.

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Baseball Buddha's avatar

I did not know that… :(

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James Finn Garner's avatar

They might be wrong. But it is Literally instantaneous.

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