Click to enlarge I recently came across this old photo. It was taken on April 10, 1915, which was Opening Day at Washington Park, home of the Federal League’s Brooklyn …
Category: Scoreboards
Original Cinn.: Fenway Park’s Odd Scoreboard Abbreviations
Reader Kyle Sutton noticed something interesting about last week’s Reds/Bosox series at Fenway Park: The Fenway scoreboard listed the Reds as “Cinn.” That’s wrong, of course — it should be …
Paint by Numbers: Amazing Women’s Footy Scoreboard Art
Click to enlarge Got a note the other day from Australian reader James MacNeil, who wanted to let me know about a great new art project, called Keeping Score, by …
A DIY Classic Scoreboards Project
By Phil Hecken, with Gary Chanko Follow @PhilHecken Longtime weekend readers may recognize the above graphic, which was created by artist Gary Chanko, and one of many scoreboard images that …
And The Griffins Design Contest Winner Is…
[Editor’s Note: Paul is on his annual August break from site. Deputy editor Phil Hecken is in charge from now through the end of the month, although Paul may be …
A Uni Watch Look at the 2019 MLB All-Star Game
For all photos, click to enlarge Last night’s MLB All-Star Game turned into a giant uni-borne memorial for recently deceased Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, as all uniformed personnel on both …
Photography of Playography, Volume II
By Phil Hecken, with Ron Bolton Follow @PhilHecken Today we’re going to revisit a topic that appeared on Uni Watch a number of years ago (I’m sure some of you …
Classic Stadium Scoreboards — By The Book
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken, with Gary Chanko Follow @PhilHecken As most of you fine readers are familiar, almost every Saturday for the past few years, I’ve run a …
Classic Scoreboards – Meet The Artist
By Phil Hecken If you’ve been reading Uni Watch for the past couple months, you’ve (hopefully) noticed a new Saturday feature this year: “Classic Scoreboards,” which are the brainchild of …
Yet Another Quirk Involving the Mets Logo
It’s been an interesting year for the Mets’ skyline logo. Back in January, uniform designer/historian Todd Radom discovered that the logo had originally been rendered in pink and black. Six …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Get Aud of Here!
[Editor’s Note: It’s been a very fertile time for DIY projects. Our latest one comes from Mike Cline Jr., who took on a very specific kind of project that I …
He Shoots, He Score(board)s!
Click to enlarge Nowadays every stadium has a high-def color jumbotron. Back in the 1970s and ’80s, though, most ballparks had conventional one-color scoreboards that displayed dot-matrix images. An artist …