reversal of the L and W flags’ colors.

That’s what I caught.

What I don’t get is why Brooklyn’s flag is orange.

It is interesting to note that the Philly flag is powder blue. That’s probably because it was made during the Phils’ “Blue Jay” period.

I would like one of those.

the colors were switched, but I do know that the reason for the switch was that the white L flag looked exactly like the white “surrender” flag. The team didn’t want to put out the message that they were surrendering after a loss

Or, pretty close.

That exact drawing appeared in the 1946 and 1947 Wrigley Field scorecard (which was a small magazine stapled around a scorecard, similar to today’s though smaller in size). It did NOT appear in the 1943 scorecard—I have all of those in my collection.

In 1948 the Cubs went to the current scorecard format, just a card with no magazine. My guess is that it began in 1946.

There’s one for Kerry Wood’s 20 K game, there’s one that says 1998 on it, probably ‘84, ‘89, all that. I think there’s a GRACIE but I’m not sure. SAMMY/66. Quite a few.

This website has become unbearably garish. It was never elegant, but the latest “upgrade” has gone too far—I now avoid the site at all costs, and try to get the info I need from some other source.

Oh for the days when Otis Shephard created all the Cubs’ graphics and artwork.

... but it’s 1st through 4th on the left, then 5th through 8th on the right, top to bottom on each side.

When I was a kid there was only one league, no divisions, and so I learned early the order of the flags was what I said it was… thought it was obvious, but I can see why, if you are used to the current divisional order, you might think otherwise.