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Posted on 04/27/2025 5:39:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber
How about a heartwarming story to take our minds off district judges and injunctions?
How about talking about something other than district judges and injunctions? Yes, I’m angry about that, too. But today let’s remember one spring day in Wrigley Field, or when they used to play day games.
We remember Rick Monday, a pretty good outfielder who played for the A’s, Cubs, and Dodgers. His best years were with the Cubs (1972–76), when he hit 106 home runs and was a very tough out. Later he moved to the L.A. Dodgers and hit a 9th-inning H.R. to beat Montreal in the 1981 NLCS.
However, his greatest baseball moment had nothing to do with hits or home runs. It happened in 1976.
You may remember that it was the Bicentennial year, and Watergate and Vietnam were behind us. The economy was a bit sluggish, but people were looking forward to July 4 and all of the patriotic parades and celebrations.
On an April afternoon at Wrigley Field, Monday took his position in center field and was playing catch with right-fielder José Cardenal, his Cuban teammate.
Rick saw a couple of guys trying to burn the U.S. flag. He ran and grabbed it before they could light the match. The two idiots were arrested, and Monday gave the flag to one of the security guards.
This is what he told The Washington Post in 2006 about the incident:
“I was angry when I saw them start to do something to the flag, and I’m glad that I happened to be geographically close enough to do something about it,” said Monday, now in his 13th season as a Dodgers broadcaster.
“What those people were doing, and their concept of what they were trying to do was wrong.
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No one kneeling in those days.
The Hall of Fame lists it as one of the 100 greatest plays in baseball.
My favorite player of all time. I had been a Dodgers fan but dropped MLB when the Dodgers organization decided to give an award to a queer group whose whole existence is based on mocking Catholic nuns.
My pastor was as big a fan, and he dropped them too.
I am still a Rick Monday fan, and got to see him hit a home run against the Mets. Had it not been for injuries (and a weakness against left handed pitching) he could have been a Hall of Famer.
BTTT
The incident was at Dodger Stadium, not Wrigley Field.
Hat tip to Tommy Lasorda and Jose Cardenal for preventing the flag burners from chasing after Monday.
The flag burners received only a trespassing fine. Both father and son disappeared from public scrutiny long ago.
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