Quote:
Originally Posted by Fleerfan
Yes, the original scoreboard had a bottle cap, which was later replaced with the bottle. Here is a picture from 1954 that appeared in the Baltimore Sun, with a caption that read "Gunther presents the world's largest scoreboard to citizens of Baltimore".
You can see my look back at the history of Memorial Stadium's scoreboards here:
|
That is a GREAT read and nice pictures to go along. Thanks for the link. I can’t believe I haven’t seen that till now.