You may have heard that the Orioles and the Maryland Stadium Authority have been having a tiff over the Sony JumboTron down at Camden Yards. The display screen, which was state of the art when installed, is on its last transistor or motherboard or whatever. The O's want a replacement and they say the authority has the responsibility to do that. And, of course, money is the issue.

Well, I think I have the answer. Right here we have a gizmo called the Liveboard, a gadget that combines high-tech wizardry with nostalgia. For our purposes here in Baltimore, we're calling it the O, by the Way "RetroTron."  It gives you all your baseball essentials -- your score, your inning, your pitch count and even shows where the base runners are. Just imagine a giant version in right-center. Cool, huh?

But seriously folks this is actually a product that came out this spring that works on wireless technology and allows fans to keep track of games around the country.  Apparently, you can set it to your favorite team or have it cycle through all major league games.  Sort of an old-time version of insta-scores on your mobile device. It costs $299 (a price that should appeal to the stadium authority). We're not endorsing here, just thought it was interesting. As we see this stuff, we'll pass it along.

Photo credit:  Courtesy of myliveboard.com