Baseball fans, unite! There is now a device that displays the latest game scores on a retro-looking stadium scoreboard smack right in front of you. You no longer need to have an Internet Explorer/Firefox window open at all times, waiting for MLB.com’s website to upload those scores. No sir, the Liveboard from Vroop does all that for you, giving you one of the quickest and most efficient methods when it comes to pitch-by-pitch updates. How is this possible, you ask? Was it done via a little sprinkling of fairy dust? Find out further after the jump.

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Here’s another cool gadget for you cubicle warriors, Sportscope : the cubicle periscope.

As you may be able to tell by its name, the Sportscope is aimed at sport enthusiasts so they can watch the action even when being hustled behind hundreds of other sweaty like minded people. However Think Geek saw the benefits that the Sportscope offers to the cubicly confined. So next time you want to do a bit of blog following on work time (as if), simply up the periscope, make sure nobodies coming and browse away.

The Sportscope can be yours for $59.99 from TG.

On water, that is. Hammacher is currently offering the Floating Golf Game that comes complete with a floating, felt-covered green and Velcro-covered whiffle golf balls, enabling golfers (regardless of skill level) the ability to practice chipping onto an island green from poolside. Each ball is chipped from an artificial grass mat, where golfers will try to get their strokes just right in order to place the balls as close as possible to the flag on the island green. A dozen golf balls are provided with each purchase, and they come in four different colors to accommodate multiple players. The Floating Golf Game retails for $69.95 and makes the perfect summer gift.

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If dad is a serious golfer (or at the very least, serious about improving his game), perhaps you could help him on the green by getting him this WOW putter for Father’s Day. Why this putter, you ask? Why not pick up any other putters in the market endorsed by tournament champions? Other than the price factor, all those other putters won’t hold a candle when it comes to the WOW putter’s versatility.

It comes with a measuring tape, a compass, a horn, a level, and a rabbit’s foot, making this more of a gag gift that anything else. Imagine psyching your golf partner out by using the measuring tape before each putt, lining it up with the level, reading the compass to ensure the ball heads toward the right direction, while the horn warns all and sundry that you’re about to putt. At $59.95 a putt, er pop, this could double up as an April Fool’s Day present as well.

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Whenever you see records fall in sporting events, it leads you to think - is it because athletes are just getting better and better all the time, or are there other forces at work? Take golf for example - woods were made from real wood once upon a time, and at that period there was no such thing as carbon fiber, titanium drivers, or hybrid irons. The same top ranking golfer, if transported through time from that era to the future - could he actually maintain his dominance in today’s modern game using the same tools as Tiger Woods? Whatever the case is, technology has definitely made older games faster and more challenging than ever before. Golf alone is already a precise sport, and everyone would do whatever it takes to gain an edge over the rest of the competition, sparing no expense when it comes to having the latest and greatest equipment possible. Layerco is a company who has come out with the Poly Max Extremes range that claim to transform “ordinarily conforming clubs into super hitting non-conforming clubs” simply by restricting the golf club’s energy.

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I dreamed of inventing something like this but never actually followed through with it, so I was delighted to see that somebody else also had the idea and actually did something about it. CueSight a laser aiming site for you billiard cue (or pool cue to us UK lot).

The CueSight serves two main purposes, the first is it will help you perfect your stroke:

Any dip or twist will be revealed by the crosshairs. With a perfect stroke, the crosshairs will remain fixed in the “strike spot”, narrowing in on that point as the cue approaches the cue ball. Obviously, the idea is to keep the crosshairs motionless throughout your stroke to eliminate the possibility of mis-cueing or striking at an unplanned angle.

Once you’ve perfected your cueing action you can use the CueSight to line up your shot:

The CueSight cue can help tremendously when it comes to lining up your shot. Simply use the laser to draw a line fronm the center of the cue ball to the point where the center of the cue ball will be when it impacts the object ball.

By lowering the butt of the cue from your normal shooting position, and perhaps raising the shaft slightly, depending on your technique, the vertical line of the crosshairs will illuminate not only the cue ball, but positions “down table” as well. For a straight-in shot, you want to have the top portion of the vertical line illuminate a position in the center, left-to-right, of the object ball…

I’d love to give one of these a try to see how my cueing action changes as the evening progress down the local pub, I find my optimum playing ability coincides with pint three and it’s all down hill after that.

Further info and availability over at CueSight, found via our gadget forums, thanks.

You can never achieve the perfect golf swing despite facts pointing otherwise in theory. Just ask Tiger Woods - even when he’s playing in a totally different person compared to his peers, he still has not achieved the perfect swing under all conditions. If you’re an avid fan of golf and want to make a quick impact in your game by learning through your mistakes in earnest, the iTrainer Golf system could be just the ticket. In a nutshell, the iTrainer is a sophisticated system that uses 3D sensors to measure all the key aspects within your swing thanks to a Bluetooth module attached to the club, comparing those results to an optimum swing profile while providing instantaneous feedback through a wireless headset.

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Question: How can you make a golf tee more interesting?

Answer: Have a girl in a bikini hold the ball.

Only in Japan, found via Tokyo Times.