Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Hand turned scoreboard
Just like Fenway Park, Wrigley still boasts a hand turned scoreboard. However,mac brushes unlike the fabled home of the Red Sox, the scoreboard at Wrigley is mounted above the center field bleachers, rather than at ground level, making it harder to hit it. The scoreboard was installed in 1937, when Bill Veeck installed the new brick outfield wall, and the bleacher stands, the scoreboard has remained in place ever since, and has only been modified once,vibram five fingers in 1988, when the installation of lights made it necessary to add a set of light stands facing onto the scoreboard. The scoreboard is still hand turned, with scores coming into the scoreboard through a ticker tape machine (today, a computer is used to show scores to the number turners), a number turner watches the score changes closely, and reflects this by walking the length of the interior of the scoreboard, and manually replacing the numbers to reflect the new score for a certain game. It is known that during the existence of the current Wrigley Field scoreboard, several players have come close,mac makeup but none have ever hit it. The scoreboard is made out of sheet steel, and is welded into place, then painted forest green, to reflect the now growing foliage below. The numbers that are placed into the inning windows are steel, painted forest green, and numbered with white numerals, the box for the game playing at Wrigley, however, for the inning, until the end of that inning,north face denali the current runs scored are reflected by yellow numerals. The clock, which sits at the top center of the scoreboard, has never lost time in its 73 year existence. The doors to enter the scoreboard are located at both ends, and on the reverse of the scoreboard, is a blue pennant, with the words “Chicago Cubs”, in white, the words are also placed with red neon lights, allowing the pennant to be seen at night.
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