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Category: Scoreboards

So Many Details from One 1915 Baseball Scoreboard Photo

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 …

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 …