The Flags Of Wrigley
by Al Yellon on May 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT
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PrintIt's often difficult to see all the retired number flags because the wind doesn't always blow hard enough so that they all fly fairly straight.
This past weekend, it was windy enough for David to get this photo of the RF foul pole flags (he'll try to get the other one soon).
Click on photo to open a larger version in a new browser window. Photo by David Sameshima
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Very nice.
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE!
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Great pic
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Re ou elling e ou've ever eard f Yne Andberg?
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by santoswoodenlegs on May 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Some guy who played econd base.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on May 18, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
BW is on the RF pole,
I know he played both left and right (right early in his career, left later) for the Cubs. Which position did he play the most as a Cub? I’m guessing left, is he on the wrong pole?
He did play more left field.
But, he is the only outfielder whose number has been retired by the Cubs… so I’m guessing either foul pole would be suitable.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
originally it was Banks and Williams
and with Banks being best remembered as a SS, it makes sense that Banks was on the LF and Williams on the RF to even it out. As they added Santo he was 3B (LF) then Sandberg who was 2B (RF) and then 31 went to both.
Am I saying I am correct at all, no. It is just my guestimate
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
ok, same question on Ernie
Did he play more SS or more 1B? Not sure, but he moved early 60’s, 61 or 62, he might have had more appearences as a first baseman.
Banks
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bankser01-field.shtml
11 Seasons 1B 1259
9 Seasons SS 1125
3 Seasons 3B 69
1 Season LF 23
1 Season OF 23
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
how often?
do the flags become tattered and replaced???
anyone know if there is ever a memorabilia “auction” of sorts of equipment/nostalgia in/around wrigley by the team?
Don't know how often they get replaced
but they are auctioned during Cubs Convention silent auctions and given as prizes and such.
"What, you want to tempt the wrath of whatever from high atop the thing?"
-Toby Ziegler
great pic
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
GREAT SCREENSAVER!
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
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Two of the bodybuilders were captured when they tried to flee through the same exit and became wedged together in the doorframe. A gallon of lard and a high-pressure hose later, they were knocked free, booked, drug-tested and banned from the sport for life.
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Can you buy these?
I already have the W flag and would love to have all the other flags hanging, too.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money."
--Ernie Banks
yup.
wrigleyville sports has ’em
It's not about money. It's about winning and getting over the hump. We've had the appetizer now, but we left the main course on the table.
-rod beck
by laidbackliam on May 18, 2009 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Maddux's name will never look right up there
Great pic, though!
Does this mean...
I have to change my name?
Rooftop flags
Before last Friday’s game was rained out I noticed that the upper deck’s rooftop flags for Maddux and Jenkins had been replaced by a red and a white generic Cubs flag. The flags flying last Friday from left field to right field were:
1906
1907
1908
1910
1918
1929
1932
1935
1938
1945
1984
1989
1990
2003
2007
2008
KW – 20
Hack – 191
Hawk – 8
Sammy – 66
JR – 42
PKW
Red Cubs Flag
White Cubs Flag
Red Cubs Flag
POW – MIA
So there are three spots available on the roof (there had been a single red Cubs flag earlier this season). Any nominees?
Since a uniform number is not required to be honored on the rooftop flags (e.g. PKW), some pre-1932 Cubs might be honored.
Well, if you're going to honor pre-1932 Cubs...
… start with Mordecai Brown and Frank Chance.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Well, can't we say
Andre Dawson’s # is “semi-retired?”
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on May 18, 2009 10:41 PM CDT reply actions
I'm sure I'll get hell for this but I don't know why Maddux's number was retired.
He won 1 cy young with the cubs right? Seems like his number was retired more for what he did in Atlanta. Just my opinion. Love the guy tho.
"They say we don't look good on paper. Well, we don't play on paper." Joe McCarthy (1926)
by Bricks and Ivy on May 18, 2009 11:35 PM CDT reply actions
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