The Padres have disguised their new giant HD scoreboard to look like their old busted low-def scoreboard that was in use from 2004-2014. It's genius!
This can't be right... pic.twitter.com/bV9tM4W5V6
— Petco Park (@PetcoPark) April 9, 2015
But the gag looks even better from this angle:
Well played @PetcoPark! The #Padres have disguised the NEW mega-screen as the old scoreboard. #10News @10News pic.twitter.com/MH40lPdNAo
— Joe Little (@10NewsJoeLittle) April 9, 2015
See how the buildings in the background almost match up as if the background is transparent? I had a similar suggestion for them last month as evidenced below. So in a way this was all my idea. Look maybe it's not my credit to take, but I'll just hold on to it for now.
@PetcoPark You should take a picture of the scenery behind the board so when it's shown on the screen it looks like it's transparent.
— Gaslamp Ball (@gaslampball) March 13, 2015
Here's video of the big reveal. You can tell by the crowd reaction that it looked amazing in person.