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On this Date in 1976: Rick Monday Saved the American Flag from Being Burned
Breitbart ^
| 4/25/22
| Warner Todd Huston
Posted on 04/25/2022 6:44:41 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
VIDEO AT LINK
Monday marks the 46th anniversary of the “greatest play in baseball” by Chicago Cubs centerfielder Rick Monday who’s quick thinking stopped a protester from burning an American flag on the field.
As the Cubs faced the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on April 25, 1976, a pair of protesters ran out onto the field in the bottom of the fourth inning with an American flag doused in lighter fluid.
The pair tried to light the flag on fire using matches they brought for the purpose, but Marine Corps veteran and Cubs centerfielder Rick Monday wasn’t having any of that.
Monday bolted across the field and yanked the flag right out from under the anti-American protesters.
The crowd leapt to its feet in applause and the scoreboard broke out in a message reading “Rick Monday… you made a great play.”
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: baseball; flag; rickmonday
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"The Greatest Play In Baseball" VIDEO AT LINK
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
You don’t have to worry about that happening in sports anymore 🤪
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posted on
04/25/2022 6:46:15 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say i)
To: NWFree
The players are more likely to be the ones torching 🔥
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posted on
04/25/2022 6:47:00 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say i)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
I watched that game on TV.
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posted on
04/25/2022 6:47:15 PM PDT
by
SpeedyInTexas
(Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
A true American Patriot. God Bless Rick Monday.
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04/25/2022 6:47:35 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(I pledge allegiance to Hedy Lamarr)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Yeah, I remember that… It was awesome.
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04/25/2022 6:48:11 PM PDT
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NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
I remember it well. Damn, I’m old.
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posted on
04/25/2022 6:52:53 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(Dementia Joe is Not My President)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
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posted on
04/25/2022 6:52:55 PM PDT
by
Jolla
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Did those dudes get stomped or get wooden shampoos?
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posted on
04/25/2022 6:54:10 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: NWFree
well they are all a bunch of commies now. to bad. haven’t watched a game since they went commie. and i watched every phillies game for years.
To: EEGator
Stompin’s were reserved for White Sox fans.
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Great picture!
You have to be a real loser to fail at “playing with matches”, which is how they look.
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Everyone was a Dodger fan that day.
"Where have you gone, Joe Dimaggio Rick Monday?
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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04/25/2022 6:59:04 PM PDT
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BAN-ONE
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
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posted on
04/25/2022 7:00:21 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
To: BAN-ONE
He was on the Cubs when that happened. He went to the Dodgers later.
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
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posted on
04/25/2022 7:05:14 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
What a difference a few decades made in sports..
Thanks Mr. Monday ..
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04/25/2022 7:21:04 PM PDT
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Deplorable American1776
(I'm the ones trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
To: SpeedyInTexas
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04/25/2022 7:28:43 PM PDT
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fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domi/i><p>! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia! )
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