The Greatest Play In Baseball - Rick Monday Saves U.S. Flag

[Furtherman]

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Player who saved flag from desecration honored (http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20080826_Player_who_saved_flag_from_desecration_ho nored.html)

The Vietnam War had ended a year before when two protesters dashed onto the field at Dodger Stadium, carrying something under their arm. It was an American flag, and as they tried to light it, Monday, then a Chicago Cubs outfielder, ran from center field to left and snatched it out of their hands.

On that day, April 25, 1976, he became an American hero.

What a cool story. I had not heard of this before today. It only would have been better if those two protesters had the piss beat out of them.

[yojimbo7248]

thanks for posting. I vaguely remember this story so it was good to see the video.

[DolaMight]

i love the detailed breakdown of the incident with patriotic music. I've heard less drama from real life accounts of the invasion of normandy. The first match didn't light and I knew I had time to save everyone's lives, that was the moment I striked.

Basically to sum up the moment "Uhh saw some hippies and was like what cha doin? and I was like gimme that, fuckin no respect longhairs"

[RhinoinMN]

i love the detailed breakdown of the incident with patriotic music. I've heard less drama from real life accounts of the invasion of normandy. The first match didn't light and I knew I had time to save everyone's lives, that was the moment I striked.

Basically to sum up the moment "Uhh saw some hippies and was like what cha doin? and I was like gimme that, fuckin no respect longhairs"

Hottub?

[TheMojoPin]

The Greatest Play In Baseball

NO, IT'S NOT.

It's something that happened to happen during a game on the field.

[JPMNICK]

what kind of shitty security did they have back then that this was allowed to go on for that long

[hereintheUK]

That's brilliant. Thank's for sharing, I've never seen that before.

[Towelie]

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[PD]

I remember this when it happened.

damn I'm old.:down:


and I agree with Mojopin and towlie-
very intersting, but I wouldnt call it the greatest play

[booster11373]

Its so close to parody with the music playing and the emotional remembrance

[Freakshow]

http://detectovision.com/pics/jobu2.jpg

It's can't be the greatest play, Jobu wasn't involved.

[K.C.]

http://i33.tinypic.com/2dvigsw.gif

Yeah, that's a good one...it led to the Mets winning that series...

...oh, wait...

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[Knowledged_one]

worst play in baseball

http://www.shelktone.com/uploaded_images/maier-738528.jpg

[sailor]

worst play in baseball

http://www.shelktone.com/uploaded_images/maier-738528.jpg

yeah, tarasco jumps like a girl.

[Furtherman]

and I agree with Mojopin and towlie-
very intersting, but I wouldnt call it the greatest play

That's the title of the article. I wouldn't call it the greatest actual "play" of an actual game either. It's just something great that happened.

[cougarjake13]

worst play in baseball

http://www.shelktone.com/uploaded_images/maier-738528.jpg



dont know looks like a solid play to me

[epo]

That's a play!

http://generalstupidity.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/t1_bartman.jpg

[Towelie]

Yeah, that's a good one...it led to the Mets winning that series...

...oh, wait...

http://i37.tinypic.com/30hlz4n.gif

http://i37.tinypic.com/dpvn08.gif

Seriously, win a playoff game this decade and then talk shit.

[TheMojoPin]

That's a play!

http://generalstupidity.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/t1_bartman.jpg

*YAWN*

Find me a photo of Alex Gonzalez' botched DP bobble or GTFO.

[scottinnj]

Pete Rose caught a foul ball that bounced out of Bob Boone's catcher's mitt.

And the Phillies went on to win the World Series.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/image/1980/10/10/001160969.jpg

[razorboy]

The greatest play in baseball? I'll tell Willie Mays the bad news.