from Wrigley Field's flag-hoisting custom
Chip Caray, radio announcer, loves to say "It's white flag time at Wrigley!" when his Chicago Cubs win a game. Stadium functionaries hoist a white flag with a blue "W" to signify the victory. Interestingly, the color scheme was reversed in 1990 to conform with retired numbers on the same flagpole.
When the Cubs changed the flag's color to white, the landlubbers unwittingly made their victory sign a mark of surrender.
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