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Post by grackle on Mar 18, 2022 7:37:46 GMT -8
Well Irmi....if talking about any variety of possible minor changes or improvements on a (god-forbid and shudder) discussion board amounts to "whining," I suspect that you personally have had enough vino and cheese these past few years to be a constipated, confirmed sot by now.
As I said, if you don't want a clock, pitch speeds on the scoreboard or distances to the outfields painted on the fences, then don't look at 'em. The fact that the mere suggestion of those things bothers you so much is strange, to say the least.
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Post by irimi on Mar 18, 2022 8:30:02 GMT -8
Well Irmi....if talking about any variety of possible minor changes or improvements on a (god-forbid and shudder) discussion board amounts to "whining," I suspect that you personally have had enough vino and cheese these past few years to be a constipated, confirmed sot by now. As I said, if you don't want a clock, pitch speeds on the scoreboard or distances to the outfields painted on the fences, then don't look at 'em. The fact that the mere suggestion of those things bothers you so much is strange, to say the least. Well, grack, I never said that they bothered me. I took offense at your reply to my post. You singled me out as if I was the lone dissenter and because I said that I like Goss the way that it is. I promise not to look. Just let me know when you get your clock up there and your numbers painted. |
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Post by grackle on Mar 18, 2022 9:13:32 GMT -8
Actually Irmi...you should be complimented(!) that I singled you out a bit. You're one of the more reliable and reasonable posters here and I was surprised that you'd be so closed to adding those minor amenities. In any case, you're quite right about one thing...they'll likely never be implemented and any discussion here will have absolutely zero impact on whether they're added or not.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Mar 18, 2022 9:45:00 GMT -8
The pitch timer on the side of the scoreboard is also a time of day clock. The Knights use it in the summer, when there is no 20-second clock.
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Post by ag87 on Mar 18, 2022 10:57:07 GMT -8
I'm inclined to an analog clock on the scoreboard, as every scoreboard you see in old photos of bygone ballparks had one. And it seems all the new retro ballpark designs have this feature now. I'd love to see an analog clock somewhere. Now if we can get a grad student ME along with an art major who likes sculpture, maybe something very nice and unique could happen. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Mar 18, 2022 12:39:53 GMT -8
I'm inclined to an analog clock on the scoreboard, as every scoreboard you see in old photos of bygone ballparks had one. And it seems all the new retro ballpark designs have this feature now. I'd love to see an analog clock somewhere. Now if we can get a grad student ME along with an art major who likes sculpture, maybe something very nice and unique could happen. Or you could think bigger and start up a fund to build an actual clocktower, like Sather Tower in Berkeley:  The Tower in Austin (bathed in orange at night):   Or the Purdue Bell Tower:  It would not only help people tell time at baseball games, it would also help make Oregon State look more like a real University. Just a thought. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Mar 18, 2022 12:56:14 GMT -8
 Almost every MLB park used to have a Longines clock like this. There was one at Gill Coliseum at one time, about 10-15 years ago I saw it in the basement in a pile of stuff ready to be trashed. I should have snagged it. |
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Post by ochobeavo on Mar 18, 2022 13:14:33 GMT -8
Would like a gun reading ….. tired of looking at scout guns. I'm all in on gun reading. If we're just making a wish list, let the record show that I'm also on board with a retractable roof. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 18, 2022 13:24:29 GMT -8
I'd love to see an analog clock somewhere. Now if we can get a grad student ME along with an art major who likes sculpture, maybe something very nice and unique could happen. Or you could think bigger and start up a fund to build an actual clocktower, like Sather Tower in Berkeley: The Tower in Austin (bathed in orange at night): Or the Purdue Bell Tower: It would not only help people tell time at baseball games, it would also help make Oregon State look more like a real University. Just a thought. Have you not been on campus for a long time? There's been one right next to the library for years. Maybe Grackle can run over and check the time between innings.  |
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Post by grackle on Mar 18, 2022 14:20:13 GMT -8
"......Or you could think bigger and start up a fund to build an actual clocktower, like Sather Tower in Berkeley"
Well, actually to REALLY be authentic, the top floor of a duplicate UC Berkeley campanile would have to house about a dozen 5X5X5 ft wooden bins filled with La Brea tar pit fossils....dire wolve and saber-tooth tiger skulls, ground sloths, bird skeletons, etc. Not kidding....they're really there to this very day...
Great additions to any collegiate ball park.
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Post by grackle on Mar 18, 2022 14:24:41 GMT -8
Or you could think bigger and start up a fund to build an actual clocktower, like Sather Tower in Berkeley: The Tower in Austin (bathed in orange at night): Or the Purdue Bell Tower: It would not only help people tell time at baseball games, it would also help make Oregon State look more like a real University. Just a thought. Have you not been on campus for a long time? There's been one right next to the library for years. Maybe Grackle can run over and check the time between innings. How about moving that clock-carillon tower by the library over to the center field area, just in front of the batter's eye screen. Every time we hit a homer...ring the bells. No one in the SEC has done that yet!! Good publicity |
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Post by irimi on Mar 18, 2022 14:49:24 GMT -8
Would like a gun reading ….. tired of looking at scout guns. I'm all in on gun reading. If we're just making a wish list, let the record show that I'm also on board with a retractable roof. This would be the way to go. If we're going to do it, let's do it right. Maybe Safeco wants to put it's name on a field of a winning team.... |
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 18, 2022 15:30:56 GMT -8
I'm all in on gun reading. If we're just making a wish list, let the record show that I'm also on board with a retractable roof. This would be the way to go. If we're going to do it, let's do it right. Maybe Safeco wants to put it's name on a field of a winning team.... The top of the cock retractable roof? Only if there is a clock attached to the roof and a radar read out. |
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Post by zeroposter on Mar 18, 2022 16:11:10 GMT -8
Back in Corvallis for the first time in a long time. Still a beautiful campus even without a damned clock.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Mar 18, 2022 22:38:54 GMT -8
Or you could think bigger and start up a fund to build an actual clocktower, like Sather Tower in Berkeley: The Tower in Austin (bathed in orange at night): Or the Purdue Bell Tower: It would not only help people tell time at baseball games, it would also help make Oregon State look more like a real University. Just a thought. Have you not been on campus for a long time? There's been one right next to the library for years. Maybe Grackle can run over and check the time between innings. That dinky thing? I am aware. You can't even see it over the Library. I meant a real clocktower. |
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