Memorial Stadium question

[PeteU]

I have a question about Baltimore's Memorial Stadium for anyone who might know.

A few years back, I recall watching a highlight video from the an old Orioles World Series (I think it was the 1979 World Series of the Orioles vs. Pirates, but maybe it was an earlier series), and I could swear I remembered seeing small auxillary scoreboards located on the walls at the right and left field corners by the foul poles, right above the padded portion of the 14 foot high wall.

By the time I was old enough to remember Memorial Stadium in person, I know there were no scoreboards in these locations.

Is my memory correct about these scoreboards, or is it just a figment of my imagination?

[Smirkman]

I have a question about Baltimore's Memorial Stadium for anyone who might know.

A few years back, I recall watching a highlight video from the an old Orioles World Series (I think it was the 1979 World Series of the Orioles vs. Pirates, but maybe it was an earlier series), and I could swear I remembered seeing small auxillary scoreboards located on the walls at the right and left field corners by the foul poles, right above the padded portion of the 14 foot high wall.

By the time I was old enough to remember Memorial Stadium in person, I know there were no scoreboards in these locations.

Is my memory correct about these scoreboards, or is it just a figment of my imagination?

I'm not saying that they didn't exist, but I don't remember them. I attended 2-5 games a year from 1972-1985 and more 1986-1991. Perhaps you are thinking of Cleveland Stadium? They had similar scoreboards to the ones you describe and the ballparks had many similarities.

[willisraverchk77]

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[PeteU]

I guess I'm not totally crazy then, although it looks like it was around back in the 1950s-60s as opposed to the 1970s, and the scoreboard is more towards the power alleys than the foul poles. Maybe it was the 1966 highlight video I remembered. Unless they kept it around through 1979.

[BeatEmBucs]

I guess I'm not totally crazy then, although it looks like it was around back in the 1950s-60s as opposed to the 1970s, and the scoreboard is more towards the power alleys than the foul poles. Maybe it was the 1966 highlight video I remembered. Unless they kept it around through 1979.

I'm fairly certain the auxillary boards were around up thru the early 70's. I'll have to re-watch the tape from the '71 series, but I think they were up then, but were gone by the '79 series. The auxillary baords were moved from the outfield to the "ribbon" boards along the mezzanine on the first and 3rd base side sometime in the 70's, and stayed there for the rest of Memorial Stadiums run.

[Smirkman]

Before my time. I don't even remember the old old scoreboard in RF. When was the scoreboard in LF installed?

[PeteU]

Before my time. I don't even remember the old old scoreboard in RF. When was the scoreboard in LF installed?

I believe it was installed in 1970. The Diamondvision in right field was installed in 1986, if I'm correct.

For whatever reason, after the Orioles left, they removed the Diamondvision board, and when the Ravens played in the stadium in 1996-97, they went without a video board.

[Smirkman]

I went to 2 Ravens games the first year and the scoreboards hardly worked. It was quite a minor-league operation. The Ravens Stadium is one of the best though, so it was worth the wait. It is similar to the Nats moving from RFK although RFK wasn't in as bad of shape IMO. BTW I thought I heard the MD Stadium Authority sold the Diamond Vision.

[BeatEmBucs]

BTW I thought I heard the MD Stadium Authority sold the Diamond Vision.

I wonder to whom? I remember 3 Rivers offered their jumbotron for sale for $25,000 but since that price didn't include transportation, there were no takers and it went down with the rest of the stadium. It's too bad I didn't have the $$, it would've made for a great Super Bowl party this year.

[PeteU]

I wonder to whom? I remember 3 Rivers offered their jumbotron for sale for $25,000 but since that price didn't include transportation, there were no takers and it went down with the rest of the stadium. It's too bad I didn't have the $$, it would've made for a great Super Bowl party this year.

Good question. Perhaps a college or minor league team, but that's only my guess.

I think the original plan was to transfer the Diamond Vision to the scoreboard at Oriole Park, but stadium officials decided to spend the extra bucks to get a brand new video board (as they are doing again this year, except they are transfering the videoboard to where the old dot matrix board is, and putting in a smaller dot matrix board where the video board used to be.)