We went to the Jays game on the weekend. I was curious to see how the supposed hundreds of millions in upgrades to the Skydome are playing out. One thing I did notice is that the scoreboard has been embiggened significantly.

Take a look at this visual onslaught, viewed from our seats in the 500 level. Suppose this is your first baseball game, or you’re only a casual fan.

I have a question for you.

What’s the score?

It sure is buried on the screen. here it is - of course it’s 9-5 for Baltimore, not the Jays best start to the season.

There sure is a lot of other information on all these screens that’s larger than the score. I’m glad I know enough about baseball to know to look to the right of the inning-by-inning box score for the “R” column, but … wow, is it ever overwhelmed by everything else.

Here, by contrast, is an Argos scoreboard. A little easier to see the score, you’d probably agree. But maybe baseball statheads need more.