That’s helpful, but I went through all the possible Pirates at Cubs boxscores from 1948-51 and couldn’t narrow it down. Pittsburgh printed lineup shows three very short names 1-4, three long names 5-7, one very short name 8th. The pre-printed lineups only showed the first eight hitters - the pitcher’s spot was left blank. I sent this photo to Mike Bojanowski to see what he could find on the card. This format of scorecard, that reads TODAY’S BATTING ORDER at the top with the lineups pre-printed, was used from 1948-55, so we have confirmed the 1948-51 time frame (the Pirates did not play at Wrigley in 1952 before the CF bleachers were closed). The key to sleuthing this is the scorecard that is sitting next to Brickhouse on the desk in front of him. The ivy is in full bloom, so it’s got to be June or later. The CF bleachers were finally closed in April 1952, so that narrows it down a bit more. This was an early attempt to counteract the white shirts in the bleachers that were interfering with the batter’s view of a pitch. We do see a “shade” that was placed in the center field bleachers at Wrigley starting in 1948. We can’t see the Wrigley scoreboard (except for the left edge), so there are no game matchups to try to suss out. WGN-TV didn’t go on the air with Cubs baseball until 1948, and you can see some wear on the sides of the box, so it’s likely not from one of the very first games broadcast by WGN, which, as you know, started airing Cubs games in April 1948. These TVs were manufactured by RCA beginning in 1946. The TV is an RCA 630-TS, shown here in this color photo: That was likely in the booth to provide the on-air feed. He’s wearing a short-sleeved shirt, so it’s probably a warm day.

What do we know about this photo right away? First, it’s a young-looking Brickhouse, complete with bow tie, something he almost never wore in later years. By the time you’re done with this article you’ll have not only learned the exact date it was taken, but in addition, a bit about the history of TV sets and also the history of scorecards at Wrigley Field. Well, you know me - I love sleuthing these things, so I decided to take this one on.

I’ve seen this photo of Jack Brickhouse in the Wrigley Field press box a number of times, mostly on WGN-TV retrospectives, and have always wondered when it was taken.

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