In fairness, this might be particular to baseball play-by-play accounts. ScoreCenter's hockey screen cleverly uses team logos so you can tell who's shooting, scoring, or slashing their opponent, which makes it a little easier to follow. I'd like to see ScoreCenter adopt a similar approach with its baseball tracker or at least swipe a page out of the book of , which manages to cram in a lot of game data without sacrificing clarity.

ScoreCenter XL is certainly better than many of ESPN's earlier efforts to build apps for Apple's mobile devices, which I chalk up to the more inspired use of the iPad's screen space. Still, while it's a step forward, it's only a small step--the sports giant needs to start upping its game if it wants to compete in the big leagues.

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