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
2007-03-20 13:24:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
reserves don't count as service.
2007-03-20 14:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
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.
2007-03-20 22:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by davester1970 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-03-20 20:49:41 · answer #3 · answered by davidap1 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
theres actually no rules about who can and who cannot have a american flag draped over his/her casket in the flag code.
2007-03-21 19:20:03 · answer #4 · answered by Star Spangled Brit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes baseball is america's pastime
2007-03-20 20:26:48 · answer #5 · answered by Tim D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would think so because baseball is americas pasttime. the commissioner held this wounderful league together, so ya i guess so
2007-03-24 16:29:52 · answer #6 · answered by ashley v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋