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| The Greatest Play in Baseball |
| 2008-04-18 |
| H/T Goldberg at The Corner. Take about 4 minutes and watch the video Thanks to Mickey Craig for sending along this fabulous video showing the "greatest play" in Major League Baseball history. In it, Rick Monday is seen rescuing an American flag from a couple of guys who crashed the field with the intention of burning it. He is greeted by wild applause and a spontaneous outburst of "God Bless America." |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #2 Baseball also made plans to honor Monday. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn awarded Monday with an official commendation, and the Cubs held their own "Rick Monday Day" at Wrigley Field. During the ceremony, Monday received the actual flag he had rescued from the protesters, thanks in part to the efforts of Dodgers vice president and general manager Al Campanis, who extracted the flag (legally, I might add) from the LAPD evidence room. Monday still has the flag today, displaying it in the den of his home in Vero Beach, Florida. I remember this very well. Good background at the link http://bruce.mlblogs.com/archives/2006/04/the_flag_burner.html |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-18 14:54 |
| #1 Fantastic. Thanks, sherri. Brought tears to my eyes. |
| Posted by: ptah 2008-04-18 14:37 |