Quick, how many strikes are there?
Correct!
Too bad that scoreboard is in Arizona.
Now, tell me where that info is on this scoreboard in Queens? (Yes it is not as zoomed in to be fair, I only have the photos I have.)
The Mets have done several things.
Junior (and others) tell me that the BSO used to be prominently displayed on the bottom of the center field scoreboard. I have a shaky memory, but I know my muscle memory kept looking to center field where there was no BSO, but I was constantly reminded of upcoming promotional dates. Can’t we have both?
So I looked to the main scoreboard where the BSO numbers have been replaced by dots. Dots are annoying. Dots make me have to go “one, two” in my brain instead of just seeing a 2.
My small brain is also not good at reading vertical dots.
Both Junior and I struggled with the fonts as well. I may be getting old but his eyes are sharp and he found the red on the Nationals side of the board hard to read.
Now did anyone complain about the scoreboard in the past? No. And we complain about everything.
So Mets…just put it back the way it was. You haven’t monetized anything in the new design so there really shouldn’t be any reason not to return all the fonts and design elements to the old way. If it was good enough for the All Star Game it should be good enough for Wednesday night against the Nationals.
Now I know how this goes. You will completely ignore me. I will mock you on twitter. More and more people will agree with me. You will eventually switch it mid-summer.
To summarize:
– Add a BSO count to center field
– use numbers not dots.
If you have a good case for dots I’d love to hear it.
@metspolice here’s a good pic of the scoreboard the way it was last year w/ B/S/O (also great pic of my daughter!) pic.twitter.com/zoxmWSlSBK
— Laura Lapidus (@MetsMom) April 1, 2014
metspolice they need to wait on early attendance figures before making an investment
metspolice Mets #DownWithDots
metspolice noticed it right away and hate it. let me know how i can help #fixthescoreboard
metspolice Mets also notice how there are 3 dots for B.. 2 for S.. yet 3 for O.. when shouldn’t be 3/2/2? or if not.. 4/3/3.
metspolice May I also complain that the Apple didn’t rise when Brown homered? I guess to be fair, they probably didn’t expect it to happen.
stephaniemaria metspolice I’m sorry. I was still thawing out.
stephaniemaria metspolice I noticed that
@homeruneapple Well, you had better step it up partner. There’s a tomato down with the Tomateros de Culiacán of the MPL that wants your job.
Don’t mind dots. Liked last years scoreboard (running total ERA) better. Can they fix the OOS?
metspolice it’s because Jeff Wilpon can’t read numbers only dots
“EJCII: metspolice it’s because Jeff Wilpon can’t read numbers only dots” Really? How many dots fit on the 2022 payroll?
metspolice EJCII we are still paying Saberhagen and Bonillia
metspolice EJCII ok but still paying Roger Cedeno not Ronny
metspolice EJCII I think the dots are Morse Code for We’re Doomed
metspolice at the current rate it won’t matter in 2022 because they will be on some middle schools radio station and public access TV
stephaniemaria metspolice The apple had a partially torn… oh well never mind.
I also noticed the annoying scoreboard change. I finally got my girlfriend in the habit of keeping score and now she likes it. Yesterday they weren’t posting the official score after each play like they had last year. We are still amatuers at keeping score and now its gone by the third inning we just gave up and grabbed some food. I would really like to see this feature brought back my girlfriend was to my surprise pretty dissapointed.