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Paul Sullivan: Monday's scoreboard malfunction at Wrigley Field was a reminder of what we love about the park

CHICAGO - An untimely malfunction in the old center-field scoreboard wasn't a high priority during Monday's Yu Darvish-Jake Arrieta matchup at Wrigley Field.

Fans sitting near me down the first-base line barely seemed to notice the board was out for the first few innings, and it certainly didn't matter to fans watching on TV, which updates balls and strikes instantly.

Smaller graphics boards hanging off the facade of the upper deck had the pertinent information, in case anyone was interested in

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