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Somerset Patriots to Install New Scoreboard for 2023 Season

Somerset Patriots fans will see games in a light this season. According to a press release issued by the New York Yankees Double-A affiliate, the Patriots are installing a new…

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Somerset Patriots fans will see games in a light this season. According to a press release issued by the New York Yankees Double-A affiliate, the Patriots are installing a new scoreboard consisting of three Daktronics LED video displays to entertain fans at TD Bank Ballpark beginning in 2023.

The unique configuration of displays features a top, middle and bottom layout totaling 1,620 square feet to bring life to baseball games and other events held at the ballpark.

“We have been eyeing the right time and have discussed a new scoreboard over the past few seasons,” said Patriots Co-Chairman Jonathan Kalafer. “Our fans deserve the best, and as we look to enhance their enjoyment and overall entertainment at our games, it made a lot of sense to invest in a new scoreboard that will rival some of the top ones used throughout MLB and MiLB.”

From the top down, the displays measure 6-feet high by 15.5-feet wide, 8.5-feet high by 36-feet wide and 20.5-feet high by 60-feet wide. All feature 15HD pixel layouts with wide-angle visibility to appeal to the entire ballpark. These displays can work together as one large canvas or as individual displays to show any combination of live video, instant replays, up-to-the-minute statistics, graphics, animations and sponsorship messages.

This will be the third scoreboard in the team’s 25-year history and first since 2008.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.