The SNY graphics are too 'bloated'

SNY debuted their new graphics package this season, specifically to target the HD market.

For a fan who watches most of the games in standard definition, I find the graphics to be too large and invasive into the screen. I'm not alone in my sentiment, as reader Byron Brewer noted in an e-mail.

Not sure if you watched either of the SNY broadcasts. In any case, they have a new on-screen graphics on the top of the screen to display score, baserunners, innning, etc... It has a nice new modern look, but it's incredibly bloated and goofy looking. I watch all the HD broadcasts and I think the new graphic is really bloated and distracting. I like the idea, but they need to reduce the size quite a bit.

The main problem I have with the new graphics package is the line score at the top of the screen. To work with an HD set, the line score is set further down on the image leaving a gap on top of it. It takes away precious television space and allows you to see over the top of the line score.

This is mostly due to the bases that stretch above the normal horizontal line. To accompany the second base area, the "field" lies above the line score.

Am I being too picky? Probably. But it's the little things like this, that I know can be fixed quickly, that start to bother me.

Are the new SNY graphics too 'bloated'? Vote in the poll on the right!