Chicago Cubs Sign
A very good friend of mine is a huge Chicago Cubs fan. Several years ago, I made him a Major League Baseball LED sign using a Raspberry Pi and LED matrix display. It used software that you can find over at this GitHub Repo - https://github.com/MLB-LED-Scoreboard/mlb-led-scoreboard
The parts for this is pretty simple. A Raspberry Pi (more recent Raspberry Pi 3 and 4 are preferred) and an Adafruit 32x16 LED Dot Matrix display. The idea was that he would have up-to-date baseball scores (especially for the cubs) in his office, and for many years it worked with no issues.
Version 2.0
Eventually, the sign stopped working. This was not unexpected, the software had not been updated in years, and the MLB might have changed the APIs used to retrieve the baseball scores and information. I told my friend I would take the sign and do a full update, which I did. I updated Raspbian and then updated the MLB software as well. This added some nice additional features such as weather as well.
Another reason, though, that I wanted the sign back temporarily is that I knew my friend was leaving as he had accepted another job someplace else. So, I figured I needed to step it up a notch. I found a 3D model of the Wrigley Field sign, which I then 3D printed in red and hand painted the letters, which was a pretty close match to what the actual sign looks like. I then attached the LED Dot Matrix display below. A housing case was printed to hold the dot matrix display, which was then attached to the top Wrigley Field sign. Overall it turned out pretty well. The only issue was that the Raspberry Pi would not fit in the housing with the LED matrix display. You can see the results and the sign-in action in the video below.