[1rudeboy]

bttt I remember.
Never forget.

[sittnick]

Thank you for posting this article about my favorite player of all time. Rick Monday was the first baseball player ever drafted (by the Kansas City Athletics, 1967 or so). Lasorda still wanted Monday on the team, and in the off-season, the Dodgers traded Bill Buckner (a .300 hitting first baseman who was being supplanted by Steve Garvey, a .330 hitting first baseman with some power) for Rick Monday, who played center field. While Monday, the only lefty (Reggie Smith was a switch hitter) in the Dodger starting eight was demoted from the #1 to the #7 slot in the Dodgers more potent lineup, he proved at times to be invaluable at times. His career was hurt by a back injury he received from running full-speed into a brick wall. Eventually, with the help of a good chiropractor, he came back stronger than ever in '78 (?), and had the best numbers in the league going into the all-star break, and was the top vote getter. An Achilles' tenden injury ended that season. Monday would ultimately be a hero for the Dodgers in '81, propelling the Dodgers to a key win over the Expos in the playoffs on there way to a championship over the hated Yankees in the strike-shortend season. (though in all truth, the Reds, and not the Dodgers, should have had that playoff spot.)

Those were THE DAYS for baseball! I am sorry that the Major League Baseball I grew up with is gone (interleague play, expanded palyoffs, too many teams, etc.). But my personal baseball hero, Rick Monday, will live on in my memory forever.

[1rudeboy]

[MoJo2001]

A wonderful story about Old Glory and the baseball player that saved her from being burned.

Do you remember? I don't because I wasn't old enough!

However, it's a wonderful story!!

Thanks for posting it Valin!!

Canteen Ping!

[linkinpunk]

Traded to Los Angeles in January of '77, he would play in three World Series for the Dodgers and help win a World Championship in 1981.

And thus, the tale of the Chicago Cubs.

[Caleb1411]

Ping

[Calpernia]

Shameless bump back at you!

[nuconvert]

Notice how Google refused to acknowledge Flag Day?

[SAMWolf]

"But to hell with them," he said. "They can come and lock me up right now because if they did it again, I'd do the same thing."

:-)

[SAMWolf]

<===Mash This

[Professional Engineer]

Flag-o-Gram BUMP!

[Finalapproach29er]

Flag Day supposedly started in Waubeka, Wisc. by a few farmers. It grew rapidly during the war.

There is the 'Americanism Museum' there with different American flags.

If your ever 30 min. north of Milwaukee, stop in and check it out. Congressman Sensenbrenner is often there for Flag Day ceremonies.