April 18, 1950, I was just shy of two years old. Look at the scoreboard behind Gil in that photo. Schaefer Beer. Holy cow. Never knew he served as a Marine in WW II.
No one messed with Gil Hodges.
The “h” and the first “e” in Schaefer lit up to signal hit or error. Look close and you can see the light tubes, especially in the “h”.
There was a box on the roof behind home plate for (I believe) the PA announcer. It also had a hit/error indicator.