whether I was at school or at home. My general rule was before midnight. It’s a new day, thus the cubs have to earn another W that day. Plus I’m superstitious and there has been a couple times where I left up to long or forgot to take it down and they lost.

...goes up with a win and stays up until they lose.

When they lose, the Stars and Stripes go up until they win again.

Only exceptions…Memorial Day Weekend, 4th of July Weekend, and Labor Day Weekend when the American Flag stays up the whole time.

Including my house, there are 6 W Flags out of 9 in a row on my block.

Pretty cool when they are all flying.

It also upsets the Sox fan neighbors across the street.

that just stays up. I don’t have any superstitions with it. So far it hasn’t been a problem

//knocks on wood

...down on my way to work the next morning or by noon if it’s not a work day. Take it down from the porch, roll it up carefully and store it in the same place every time.

I will leave it up through an off day after a win or until 5-6 pm if their playing on the West coast (late game starts).

I also fly the car window W flag during the same “safe” time periods. My wife has already had to repair this one because I’ve had to fly it so often. ;)

I believe the official Wrigley flag simply comes down the next morning (probably after rush hour since the original purpose was to let the L riders know the outcome).

I live in the Philadelphia suburbs so nobody knows what the heck it’s all about. Sadly, some seem to think I’m a bug Dubya fan. Others think I’m signalling to the mistress that the Wife is at home.

It’s all about the last Win, and hoping for the next.