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When Rick Monday Saved The American Flag From Being Burned At Dodger Stadium
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| 04/25/2016
| David Davis
Posted on 04/25/2018 9:30:28 AM PDT by DFG
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Rick Monday rescued the US Flag 42 years ago today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrV8QPQAhxo
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:30:28 AM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
I didn’t see the “child.”
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:32:40 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
To: DFG
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:38:37 AM PDT
by
bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: DFG
If that were to happen today, he’d (Monday) be booed by half the stadium
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:38:56 AM PDT
by
Angels27
To: DFG
Rick Monday years later w/flag
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:38:59 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
To: Angels27
Though the act just as morally significant.
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:42:16 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Angels27
If that were to happen today, hed (Monday) be booed by half the stadium No way. Baseball fans are almost all patriotic.
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:44:24 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DFG
Mind you, he broke my 11 year old heart in October 1981 with that home run against the Montreal Expos (with Steve Rogers on the mound)that won the NL pennant for the Dodgers, lol.
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:46:10 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
To: bramps
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:48:27 AM PDT
by
SteveH
To: Angels27
I was at a Dodger game a few years ago on July 4th where they honored Rick Monday for rescuing the flag. It was awesome. The crowd went wild.
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:50:01 AM PDT
by
freefdny
To: DFG
I knew Rick Monday when we were in college together at Arizona State University back in the 60s. Had a couple of classes with him.
All-American and College Baseball Player of the Year as a sophomore. Led the Sun Devils to the College World Series Championship in 1965.
Rick introduced me to Reggie Jackson between classes one day. He took Monday's place on the Sun Devil squad in center field when Monday became the first player ever selected for the Major Baseball League draft.
Great guys in school. But none of us knew how far their baseball careers would take them. They made the Sun Devils proud.
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:50:13 AM PDT
by
HotHunt
To: OttawaFreeper
I still say it was the 1994 strike that killed baseball in Montreal. You would have won the World Series with that team.
To: DFG
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:50:49 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
To: DFG
The article is all but sympathetic to the would-be flag burners; “Tommy LaSorda screamed curses at them”, “they were called all kinds of names & threats were made”, “He was calling attention to his wife’s plight”, yadda yadda yadda.
We patriotic yahoos didn’t know `the rest of the story’ until now, the writer implies.
No wonder Rick Monday is still furious. But he still has the flag he rescued.
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:51:42 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: DFG
That was one of the greatest moments in sports history, and emblematic of why baseball is America’s game. Compare and contrast with the Ninnies, Felons and Losers.
To: Angels27
If that were to happen today, hed (Monday) be booed by half the stadium Maybe at an NFL game but not a MLB baseball game.
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posted on
04/25/2018 9:59:29 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
To: HotHunt
I remember Monday being the overall No. 1 pick
But I guess had forgotten that it was the first draft ever
Monday, Bando, Jackson . . . all KC A’s
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04/25/2018 10:02:29 AM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Hey brainwashed students . . . where's your "outrage" @FBI? @BrowardSheriff? DO SOMETHING!!)
To: OttawaFreeper
Mind you, he broke my 11 year old heart in October 1981 with that home run against the Montreal Expos (with Steve Rogers on the mound)that won the NL pennant for the Dodgers, lol.
Monday had the attributes to be a Hall of Famer but suffered numerous horrible injuries (ran into a brick wall and wrecked his back, tore an Achilles' tendon, etc.). He was also stuck on the Cubs for a while.
Outside of his world class performance in the first half of '78 (until he tore the tendon) when he was the top vote-getter for the All Star game and that clutch hit against the Expos, he didn't have as many great moments as his rookie ability would have suggested. He was the first player drafted in the first baseball draft. Don't hold a clutch hit off a great pitcher against him.
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04/25/2018 10:18:59 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Dr. Sivana
I meant that for a joke, certainly I would not hold that or have anything personal against him. What’s kind of funny as well is that after Montreal moved to DC to become the Nationals, I began cheering for the Chicago Cubs and soon afterward was Steve Bartman catching the foul ball.
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04/25/2018 10:34:41 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
To: A_Former_Democrat
A little before my time, but those guys were on the great Oakland teams that I grew up with.
The A’s had it going on back then.
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posted on
04/25/2018 10:40:45 AM PDT
by
HombreSecreto
(Iron Maiden? EXCELLENT!)
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