Editing Wrigley Field (section)

=== Win flag ===
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{{Main|Cubs Win flag}}

Beginning in the days of P.K. Wrigley and the 1937 bleacher/scoreboard reconstruction, a flag with either a "W" or an "L" has flown from atop the scoreboard masthead, indicating the day's result. In case of a doubleheader that is split, both flags are flown.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wrigley Field|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/stadium/index?venue=mlb_16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924125933/http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/stadium/index?venue=mlb_16|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2008|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=May 23, 2014}}</ref>

Past Cubs media guides show that the original flags were blue with a white "W" and white with a blue "L", the latter coincidentally suggesting "surrender". In 1978, blue and white lights were mounted atop the scoreboard, to further denote wins and losses.

The flags were replaced in the early 1980s, and the color schemes were reversed with the "win flag" being white with a blue W, and the "loss flag" the opposite. In 1982, the retired number of Ernie Banks was flying on a foul pole, as white with blue numbers, in 1987, the retired number of Billy Williams joined Banks, the two flags were positioned from the foul poles, Banks from left field, and Williams from right field. Later on, the team retired numbers for Ron Santo, Ryne Sandberg, Ferguson Jenkins and Greg Maddux, with Jenkins and Maddux both using the same number (31).

Keeping with tradition, fans are known to bring win flags to home and away games, displaying them after a Cubs win. Flags are also sold at the ballpark. On April 24, 2008, the Cubs flew an extra white flag displaying "10,000" in blue, along with the win flag, as the 10,000th win in team history was achieved on the road the previous night. Alongside the tradition of the "W" and "L" flags, the song "[[Go, Cubs, Go]]" is sung after each home win (it was also sung by visiting Cubs fans in game 7 of the [[2016 World Series]] at [[Progressive Field]] in [[Cleveland]], where the Cubs clinched their first championship since 1908). Also, following the 2015 addition of the park's [[Daktronics]] video screens, the large "W" in the "Wintrust" logo on the left field video screen is kept on following Cubs' wins.