As many of you know, I used to work as a television director. Thus what appears on screens during a baseball game is interesting to me not only for the game itself, but how the TV production crew puts together a broadcast.
One of the most important things in a modern baseball broadcast is the scorebox. On most broadcasts, it’s constantly on-screen, giving you the score and game situation.
This is a great innovation. As recently as 25 years ago, this sort of thing didn’t exist for many channels carrying baseball (and other sports). If you tuned into a game late, you’d have to wait until they posted the score on the screen or the announcers gave an update to find out the game situation.