1985 · Gottlieb
Chicago Cubs 'Triple Play'
Known for Six-target bank, Left saucer, Upper right standup and Mini-flippers. Baseball stadium seen from above, crowded grandstand and light tower, curving multi-deck stadium facade and crowd at a railing.
- Year
- 1985
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Drop target
Six-target bank
- saucer
Left saucer
- Target
Upper right standup
- extra flippers
Mini-flippers
- Goal
Triple Play
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Left saucer saucer
Drop target 1
- Six-target bank
Target 1
- Upper right standup
Lanes 3
- Upper side lanes
- Middle side lanes
- Out lanes
Flipper 1
- Mini-flippers extra flippers
On the backglass
Who and what
- other A packed crowd of spectators filling the grandstand tiers in the upper-left panel
- other A second dense crowd in the upper-right panel, backs of heads, varied shirts
- other A row of foreground spectators along the bottom rail: a man in a yellow top, one in green, one in red, one in white, one in orange, one in blue, several with caps
Setting
- Baseball stadium seen from above
- Crowded grandstand and light tower
- Curving multi-deck stadium facade
- Crowd at a railing
Text on it
- Premier
- CHICAGO
- CUBS
- "TRIPLE PLAY"
- WRIGLEY FIELD
- HOME OF
- CHICAGO CUBS
- BALL IN PLAY AT BATTER
- RUNNERS
How it plays
-
Goals 7
- Triple Play
- Add Baserunner
- Ground Out
- Double Play
- Triple Play spinner
- Innings
- Games
Made by
- Design
- John Trudeau
- Art
- Larry Day
The cast
- Baseball
Reference
Linked terms
- Six-target bank also called Triple Play drop targets
- Left saucer also called Extra Ball hole
- Upper right standup also called Spot target also called Special spot target
- Triple Play also called Spot Triple Play Letter
- Triple Play spinner also called TRIPLE PLAY Special
- Baseball also called Chicago Cubs
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- white
- green
Fingerprint: CHICAGO with red CUBS circle replacing second C, TRIPLE PLAY in red quotes, four-panel photo collage of Wrigley Field baseball stadium, red scoreboard painted across collage, manual scoreboard with BALL IN PLAY AT BATTER and RUNNERS, crowd spectators at rail, grandstand tiers, diagonal white grey seams.
The red circular CUBS emblem replacing the second C inside the enormous blue CHICAGO wordmark, with TRIPLE PLAY in red quotes tucked beneath the right half. Over the whole thing sits a large red-and-cream ballpark scoreboard reading WRIGLEY FIELD / HOME OF / CHICAGO CUBS, painted straight onto a four-way photo collage of the ballpark. The bottom edge is a single panoramic strip of a crowd at the railing in front of the stadium's pale blue multi-deck facade. The diagonal white/grey seams splitting the collage into four angled panels are a strong geometric signature.
Setting
- Baseball stadium seen from above
- Crowded grandstand and light tower
- Curving multi-deck stadium facade
- Crowd at a railing
Symbols
- Red circle with cubs wordmark forming a letter c
- Baseball diamond seen from above
- Manual scoreboard with numbered inning circles
- Grandstand light tower
- Quotation marks around triple play
Lettering
- Very large heavy sans-serif block capitals in royal blue with white keyline for chicago; white capitals inside a red circle for cubs; slanted red capitals with red quote marks for triple play; arched cream slab-serif capitals on the red scoreboard sign
Themes
- Baseball
- Ballpark
- Chicago cubs
- Triple play
- Scoreboard
- Photo collage
Title on it
- Chicago
Text on it
- Premier
- CHICAGO
- CUBS
- "TRIPLE PLAY"
- WRIGLEY FIELD
- HOME OF
- CHICAGO CUBS
- BALL IN PLAY AT BATTER
- RUNNERS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | A packed crowd of spectators filling the grandstand tiers in the upper-left panel |
| Other | A second dense crowd in the upper-right panel, backs of heads, varied shirts |
| Other | A row of foreground spectators along the bottom rail: a man in a yellow top, one in green, one in red, one in white, one in orange, one in blue, several with caps |
Backglass built as a four-panel photo collage of a baseball stadium. Across the whole top, huge block capitals in royal blue with a white outline spell CHICAGO, with the second C a red circle containing the white-on-red word CUBS inside a white ring. Above and left, a small blue Premier logo with a tiny line of text beneath it. Under the right half of the title, TRIPLE PLAY appears in slanted red capitals inside red quotation marks. The upper-left panel shows a green baseball diamond from above, ringed by packed grandstands; the upper-right panel shows a crowded grandstand, a blue scoreboard tower and a white light tower against pale sky. The bottom half is one wide photograph of the ballpark's curving blue-and-white multi-deck facade and, along the very bottom edge, a crowd of spectators in summer clothes at a rail. Painted over the centre of the collage is a big red ballpark scoreboard sign with cream lettering: WRIGLEY FIELD arched across the top, HOME OF, then CHICAGO CUBS, and below that a manual scoreboard reading BALL IN PLAY AT BATTER and RUNNERS with numbered circles 1 and 2 for both teams.