The Flags Of Wrigley

by Al on May 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT in News Comment 30 comments

It'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.

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by Zeke on May 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Great pic

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by DTJchris on May 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Awesome capture!

Thanks for sharing!

by Allie on May 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

What a shot!

FANTASTIC!

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by calicubfan on May 18, 2009 2:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Whose Andberg?

by BatCubFan on May 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Re ou elling e ou've ever eard f Yne Andberg?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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?

by BatCubFan on May 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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

by Al on May 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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

by Cubbie-Tim on May 18, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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.

by BatCubFan on May 18, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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

by Cubbie-Tim on May 18, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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?

by 12to23to17 on May 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Don't know how often they get replaced

but they are auctioned during Cubs Convention silent auctions and given as prizes and such.

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by Tim M on May 18, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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

by Cubbie-Tim on May 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

GREAT SCREENSAVER!

This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).

by mrcubsfan on May 18, 2009 3:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You Thought Baseball Had Issues

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by Emelie on May 18, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This just in!

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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by dat cubfan daver on May 18, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome pic.

Thanks.

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by slcathena on May 18, 2009 4:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

awesome!

very cool!

by spain2323 on May 18, 2009 5:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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

by dtpollitt on May 18, 2009 5:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

Maddux's name will never look right up there

Great pic, though!

by Ryan D on May 18, 2009 5:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wait

until he is a first ballot hall of famer. In 20 years it will look just fine, as it does today.

This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).

by mrcubsfan on May 18, 2009 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does this mean...

I have to change my name?

by 10 14 23 26 on May 18, 2009 5:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+31 +31

by ChipSet on May 18, 2009 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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