Talk:Cubs Win Flag

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I would like to find images like those below, but I can only find http://www.flickr.com/photos/falsecognate/2439409291/ --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:07, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's another case of a fan snapping a photo just after the W flag was raised and before the other flags were lowered. The first pic we discussed on your talk page. The second pic is from August 5, 2006. [1] It was a 3:05 start, and the game ran 2 hours and 43 minutes, so it would have ended about 5:48. The clock reads 5:55. We know from other photos that they can get all the flag stuff done in as little time as 11 minutes, but apparently not as short as 7 minutes. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 03:51, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

About the flags in general, I have a postcard from the early 60s that shows 4 flags on the left and 4 on the right, representing the 8 NL clubs prior to the 1962 expansion. After that they went to 5 on the left and 5 on the right. The would have gone to 6 on each side when they split into divisions in 1969, and when the NL went to 3 divisions in 1994 they would have begun the 3 columns of flags. The open question is, when did they start using flags? That's unclear at present, but I think Bill Veeck was involved in the project, so it could have been as early as the bleacher expansion of 1937. More research needed. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 04:05, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flags and lights

Notice the two lights on the top of the scoreboard in that one photo. The thing is, we only have photos of the W flag. They do lose occasionally. I wonder if anyone has a picture of the L flag - not only for illustrative purposes, but to see if they fly it on the other side of the scoreboard, i.e. whether it corresponds to the light below it. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 04:21, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]