I received this photo from reader Bob Freddo and wanted to share it with you, because it’s a great look at the Wrigley Field scoreboard from one specific era.
It wasn’t too hard to sleuth out the game, not with all the information that’s on the board. One thing that’s a bit jarring in the year 2019 is to see “42” as the Cubs starting pitcher. That number was retired across all of MLB for Jackie Robinson in 1997, and the last Cubs player to wear it was Dave Smith in 1992. (Coaches Moe Drabowsky and Dan Radison wore it after that.