Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: Brian McRae edition

This is an interesting snapshot in time of the iconic Wrigley Field scoreboard (and yes, I think all of us writers have to call it “iconic” these days), and I’ll get to the reason why in a moment.

First, let’s sleuth out this game. The Cubs are playing the Rockies, the game’s in the bottom of the third inning and Brian McRae is batting. I’m going to show you the entire photo now, as it came in a vertical format and I had to crop it to fit up top, so you can see the clock:

It’s about 2:23, so this was a 1:20 start game.