Today face recognition tech would be used to find out which fans sang ‘ God Bless America’.
Cool.
Thanks for sharing.
I had never heard about this story before.
One carried something under his shirt and then pull out the flag. The other pulled out a can of lighter fluid and started spraying it. As the first guy was striking a match (see pic) Rick Monday swooped in and swept the flag out from them and carried it off raising it high.
The punks thew the lighter fluid can at him and flipped him off as security ran up and nabbed them.
The crowd went wild.
Monday would later be traded to the Dodgers where he was super welcomed by the fans.
We all watched this take place stupefied that idiots could run onto the field. When the flag was raised high it was goosebumps amazing.
the greatest play in baseballMonday still has the flag. He’s radio broadcaster for the Dodgers.
He’s from LA (Santa Monica).
He’s old school. He still pronounces Los Angeles with a hard g.
Loss Angle-uss
Great story. Thanks for posting this.
Never heard this story before. Thanks for sharing it. How times have changed. While I’m happy he’s being honored for this 40 years later, given the fall of this nation, I’m surprised he’s not being charged with theft.
I’m surprised that the Yankees don’t take the opportunity to condemn Monday’s play as a horrible attack on those guys first amendment rights to free speech.
The New Woke Yankees. Spit.