'W' Flag Stolen From Woman Who Shared Complaint

TINLEY PARK, IL — Having a Chicago Cubs 'W' flag displayed outside a home is not unusual in the suburbs of Chicago, even the ones south of the city where Chicago's other baseball team is supported more. But for some reason, Tinley Park resident Cassie McDonald's proud Cubs fandom has turned in to what she calls a "saga."

The 'W flag saga of 2017' continued Friday morning when McDonald shared with the Tinley Park Community Watch Facebook group that her flag was stolen.

"I know everyone is sick of the "W" flag saga of 2017, but whoever was cowardly enough to come onto my property in the middle of the night to take down and steal the flag, I hope you're proud of yourself," she wrote.

McDonald's 'W' flag has been in the news for the past two weeks, ever since she shared a letter postmarked to her home that requested she take down the flag, calling it "trashy" and "frat-house looking."

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But even in Chicago White Sox-loving Tinley Park, residents supported McDonald's right to support her team and denounced the letter writer.

After seeing how big the controversy got when local and national media picked up the story on the complaint, Daniel Schack of the sports memorabilia company Rico Industries sent McDonald all sorts of Cubs memorabilia to support her fandom. In the mail earlier this week were a number of flags, key chains, window stickers and mardi gras beads.

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But now McDonald's original flag, which had been displayed on her porch for more than a year, is gone.

"It made me sick to my stomach," she said. "I know it's just a flag but how weird."

Photo courtesy of Cassie McDonald