Tuesday is Rick Monday ‘flag saving’ bobblehead night in L.A.

CBS Sports Eye On Baseball ^ | 8-27-13 | Matt Snyder

[CincyRichieRich]

Tuesday night, the Dodgers host the Cubs in Dodger Stadium and they are having possibly the best ballpark giveaway of the season.

It's Rick Monday 'flag-saving' bobblehead night. That is, it commemorates the time Cubs outfielder Rick Monday saved an American flag was being burnt on the Dodgers Stadium outfield from a few protestors.

[A.A. Cunningham]

[A.A. Cunningham]

Incidentally the flag burners were acquitted of charges.

Source?

From what I've read on the web William Thomas was found guilty, fined $60.00, spent three days in jail and received one year of probation and the son, who was 11, wasn't prosecuted.

[stylin19a]

Rick Monday...former Marine....

Semper Fi

[IndyTiger]

If you know baseball, you remember - if you are middle-aged - Rick Monday saving the flag from the hippie shi*s. This is fun and cool. It is also genius on the Dodger marketing team.

I remember it well, and that's a bobblehead I would like to have for my collection. Right now I have a few Cleveland Indians players (my team) and several of Willie Mays, my favorite player as a kid.