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Rick Monday Saved the Flag 30 Years Ago
Washington Post ^ | 4-22-06 | Bob Nightengale

Posted on 04/25/2006 6:08:23 AM PDT by JZelle

LOS ANGELES -- Rick Monday never tires of answering questions about that memorable day 30 years ago, when he performed his own Patriot Act and unwittingly became an icon to millions of American war heroes and their loved ones.

Monday was playing center field for the Chicago Cubs on April 25, 1976, at Dodger Stadium when he noticed two protesters kneeling on the grass in left-center, intending to burn the American flag. He immediately bolted toward them and snatched it away.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chicagocubs; flagburning; mlb; rickmonday; searchisyourfriend; usflag
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Very nice story! If you have to login to read it, try "annoying" for name and pw.
1 posted on 04/25/2006 6:08:27 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: JZelle

I remember this from when it first happened. What a great story! Hats off to Rick Monday, and hats off to the Washington Post for helping people to remember what he did.


2 posted on 04/25/2006 6:15:55 AM PDT by seanmerc
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To: JZelle

A great American, to use Hannity's term.


3 posted on 04/25/2006 6:17:03 AM PDT by JamesP81
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4 posted on 04/25/2006 6:18:23 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: JZelle

I remember it well.


5 posted on 04/25/2006 6:20:14 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: JZelle; hchutch

I saw Rick Monday in many a Dodger game, at the magnificent Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine. I have very happy memories from those days.


6 posted on 04/25/2006 6:23:03 AM PDT by veronica ("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")
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These days he'd probably be charged with theft of the flag from the civil protestors.


7 posted on 04/25/2006 6:25:49 AM PDT by cdga5for4
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To: JZelle

And what happened to those two homosexual fellas?


8 posted on 04/25/2006 6:34:47 AM PDT by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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"And what happened to those two homosexual fellas?"


Probably in the media somewhere.


9 posted on 04/25/2006 6:46:03 AM PDT by JZelle
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greasy hippie weasels would never attempt it now....outfielders are all on 'roids!


10 posted on 04/25/2006 6:52:59 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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"outfielders are all on 'roids!"

And are not from the USA!


11 posted on 04/25/2006 6:56:49 AM PDT by jch10
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To: Hatteras
It would be neat to find those two war protesters names and trace them to today. I bet they are registered Democrats, possibly politicians, media/actor types, college professors, diplomats, in jail, have HIV or died of a drug overdose.
12 posted on 04/25/2006 7:03:41 AM PDT by ghostrider
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I'm a huge baseball fan, but I really don't remember this. Great story, though, hope it gets airtime today. Didn't Monday also play for the As at one time?


13 posted on 04/25/2006 7:04:11 AM PDT by Buck W. (If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
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The one guy looking up in the picture reminds me of somebody.... I can't put my finger on it. Maybe if somebody photoshopped a pastel blue bunny suit on him...


14 posted on 04/25/2006 8:24:50 AM PDT by Hatteras
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I saw a replay of this last week when the Cubs were visiting Dodger Stadium...the scoreboard at Dodger Stadium displayed the message "Rick Monday - You Just Made a Great Play" just after the incident...

Wonder if that message would still play in LA today...


15 posted on 04/25/2006 8:26:58 AM PDT by The Clemson Tiger (Hold that Tiger!)
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He looks like the actor, Tommy Lee Jones. I think I read that he was Al Gore's college roommate, but I don't remember for sure.


16 posted on 04/25/2006 9:49:08 AM PDT by ghostrider
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To: JZelle

Carlos Delgado would probably ask to light the match.


18 posted on 04/25/2006 5:59:03 PM PDT by JacksonCalhoun
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But what he did for his country, he will be remembered for the rest of his life as an American hero."

A good man, maybe a great American, but a hero? The word is so over-used. Every hero I ever knew is dead, or at least died once.

19 posted on 04/25/2006 6:16:18 PM PDT by chesty_puller (USMC 70-73 3MAF VN 70-71)
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If you want to read and see the video check it out here: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060424&content_id=1415977&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc


20 posted on 04/26/2006 8:11:10 AM PDT by Barney Gumble (A liberal is someone too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel - Robert Frost)
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