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By Shanghai Badger on Jun 27 2008, 10:48a 57

According to Bruce Miles in today's Daily Herald, the Cubs are considering no longer flying the "L" flag to notify the El passengers and neighborhood if the Cubs lost. The assumption would be that no "W" flag means a loss. (What if it rains?)

I think this is goofy. To me, getting rid of just the "L" flag makes the "W" flag an unneeded gimmick.Should they have a "Nice try" or "Played hard" flag? I realize that I might not be in the majority, though, and want to know what others think.

Poll

The Cubs are thinking about eliminating the "L" flag after losses. What say you?

19% Fly it if needed. The world is tough; results matter. (44 votes)
37% Fly it if needed. The whole point in the first place was to let people know what happened. (83 votes)
35% Fly it if needed. It's part of the tradition. (80 votes)
6% Dump it. It has negative connotations. (15 votes)
0% Dump 'em both -- everyone can check results on cell phones/PDA's (1 vote)

223 votes total

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