Cubs historical sleuthing: Dallas Green edition

Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."

Cubs general manager Dallas Green is shown here on the field at Wrigley, with a group of kids, on what shows on the scoreboard message board as “CUBS/INTERLAKE HONORS PROGRAM.”

Exactly what is that? Here’s the full image, which explains:

So, it was run by a suburban Chicago company to honor local grade school and high school students.

That’s a noble thing, but what we’re interested in here is: When was this photo taken?

First, this has to be from 1982. You can see the Chicago Sting clock below the scoreboard, next to the new message…