Curt Hogg

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The saga of the giant “L” flag, much like the Milwaukee Brewers winning streak, lived on Friday night.

Jay Ryan, a 30-year-old DeForest man, became one of the many late-season heroes of Brewers fans last September when he unfurled a 25-by-15-foot flag that he purchased for around $140 just days before.

With the Chicago Cubs making their first appearance at Miller Park since that series, Ryan was back in the stadium and, thanks in large part to some cunning advanced planning, so was his flag.

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Ryan, with the help of his father, Steve, unveiled the flag in an otherwise-empty Section 438 in the left-field corner of the stadium in the top of the ninth inning of the Brewers' 13-10 win.

The L is reminiscent of a similar flag that flies at Wrigley Field on days the Cubs lose a game.

They held the flag in place there for roughly five minutes as Chicago tallied three runs to trim the deficit from six to three runs in the ninth inning Friday.

“If we blow this, I'm going to be so embarrassed,” said Jay as the Cubs littered the bases with runners.

But then, stadium security told them they needed to put it away and wait for the final out to display it.

“They said to just wait until the game’s done,” Ryan said. “Last time they told us we can’t hang it over any railings, so we’re like, ‘This is the best place. It’s the only option.’ ”

Getting in the stadium ... with Saran wrap

Last September, after images of the flag hanging from the bleachers made the rounds on social media, Ryan tried to bring the flag into a later Brewers vs. Cubs game using his daughter’s Little Mermaid backpack. Security informed him that he couldn’t bring the flag into the game, so Ryan had to head back to his car to leave it behind.

“We brought it in a backpack the first time, and they didn’t care,” Ryan said. “We brought it in a second time, we did the same thing. They said people complained, so the security guard didn’t let us in with it.”

A Brewers spokesman at the time said the decision was to prevent a back-and-forth between Cubs and Brewers fans bringing increasingly larger and potentially more dangerous props into the stadium.

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Ryan had a different plan this time around: Saran wrap.

“This time, I just put (the flag) around me and I Saran-wrapped it to make it as tight as possible,” Ryan said. “Then I just put on a bigger sweatshirt.”

Ryan got through the doors with nobody stopping him. But there would be security personnel tracking him down later.

No more 'L' flag?

Friday night might have been the last time Ryan’s flag is spotted at Miller Park.

According to Ryan, who is planning to attend games on Saturday and Sunday, security informed him after the game that the flag would be confiscated and he would be arrested for trespassing if he was caught with it at a future game.

Miller Park policies state the following regarding bringing flags to the stadium:

Banners may not be paraded through any part of Miller Park or hung over railings. Approved banners and/or signs may be displayed between innings only. Maximum banner size is 3' x 5'.

Needless to say, Ryan's flag is a bit larger than the maximum size permitted.

“I might need a Go Fund Me if I bring it in again,” Ryan joked.

Contact Curt Hogg at chogg@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @CyrtHogg.