Outfield videoboards built for the information density baseball demands — lineup, pitch count, and line scoring, readable in afternoon sun.
Baseball and softball boards have a different job from a football videoboard. The information density is higher, the viewing angles are wider, and the sun is usually in exactly the wrong place. This page covers what actually matters when specifying one.
A football board mostly shows a clock and a score. A baseball board carries a batting order, the player at the plate, pitch count, balls and strikes, outs, and inning-by-inning line scoring — often at the same time, and often alongside a live video window and a sponsor panel.
That density is a layout problem before it is a hardware problem. Getting it right means deciding what a parent in the stands needs to see at a glance versus what belongs in a rotation, and we work that through with you rather than shipping a default template.
Three of our installations are baseball and softball fields in Murfreesboro:
If you are within driving distance of Murfreesboro and want to see a board running before you commit, ask — that is a reasonable thing to want before spending six figures, and a photo on a website is not the same as standing in front of one.
Baseball and softball are played in daylight, frequently with the sun low and directly behind or beside the board. A display specified for evening football can be genuinely unreadable at a 5pm April game.
This is a brightness and placement question together. We look at the orientation of your field and the times you actually play before recommending a spec, because the cheapest fix for a sun problem is often to move the board fifteen degrees rather than to buy more brightness.
Most baseball boards sit in the outfield, which usually means a freestanding structure with its own footings, a longer power and data run than people expect, and a fence line to work around. Softball fields are tighter, so the board is closer to the play and often smaller with proportionally more detail.
At our published planning figure of $210 per square foot, a 24′ × 14′ display is 336 square feet — the size we package at $72,000 and the one most high school baseball and softball programs land on. Smaller programs and practice facilities often fit a 17′ × 10′ board at $45,000.
Baseball and softball boards are frequently funded by booster clubs and foundations rather than district capital budgets, which changes how the project should be structured. We itemize quotes so a board can take a real number to a fundraising committee, and so scope can be adjusted without starting the quote over.
If the full number is out of reach this season, a phased approach usually works: put the display and structure up now, add sponsor panels, auxiliary displays, or a second field later. Say so early and we will scope it that way from the start.
We build our own baseball and softball scoreboard control software, with the lineup, batting order, pitch count, and pitcher tracking handled directly rather than bolted onto a generic scoreboard controller. It runs on a normal PC and a volunteer can learn it in an afternoon.
Tell us the venue, the viewing distance, and the season you need it working. We'll come back with an itemized quote within one business day.