did the mlb commissioner really need an american flag over his coffin?
Sep.24, 2011 in
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i was looking through yahoo’s baseball photos and noticed that the late mlb commissioner had an american flag draped over his coffin. i found this rather odd and somewhat unnecessary..i only thought of military members and firefighters / police officers with the flag draped..not a commissioner of baseball..did he sacrifice himself for the country? i doubt overseeing a leauge is much of a sacrifice..
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/photo?slug=1cba79b1f7aa4c769c63b38cbad11a31.kuhn_funeral_baseball_flpc201&prov=ap
September 29th, 2011 at 5:36 am
Yes baseball is america’s pastime
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October 4th, 2011 at 10:36 am
While Bowie Kuhn was in college he was part of the Navy’s V-12 College Training Porgram and earned a Reserve Commission during WWII. So the flag was draped over his coffin because of his military service.
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October 9th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
reserves don’t count as service.
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October 15th, 2011 at 12:36 am
I am not positive, but he did serve breifly in the US Navy. If that was the case, he would be afforded the due honors as a military veteran to have a flag draped over his coffin. He might have that right anyway as a former commissioner of America’s Pastime.
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October 20th, 2011 at 9:37 am
theres actually no rules about who can and who cannot have a american flag draped over his/her casket in the flag code.
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October 26th, 2011 at 12:37 am
i would think so because baseball is americas pasttime. the commissioner held this wounderful league together, so ya i guess so
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