Ribbon Board Lighting Advantage Alleged at Miller Park

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We've heard of a ribbon board causing unsightly (though unintentional) glare on a basketball court, but using the technology to create a home field advantage in baseball? That's the complaint filed Monday by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who alleged the upper-level ribbon board at Miller Park shed more light on the home plate area while Milwaukee batted in a game the Brewers won, 6-2.

The league contacted the Brewers on Tuesday, but general manager Doug Melvin pleaded ignorance on the issue, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel beat writer Tom Haudricourt. "I don't know what the specific complaint was," Melvin said. "It has been looked at. Nothing's been changed."

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