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This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories, the show where America is the star and the American people coming to you from the city where the West begins. Fort Worth, Texas. Up next, the story about the greatest play in baseball history. And I know what you're thinking, that perfect game pitched way back when in Yankee Stadium? Or maybe that great catch by Willie Mays or the Hank Aaron home run that broke the Major League Baseball home run record.
That's none of those. Here to tell the story Of the greatest play ever made in a baseball stadium is Blake Stilwell, our regular contributor. Take it away, Blake.
Okay. On April 25th, 1976, amid the national pride of America's bicentennial year, one of Major League Baseball's most unforgettable moments unfolded at Dodger Stadium. None in the form of a dramatic home run or a game-winning pitch. But through an act of patriotism. Rick Monday's name may not ring a bell for younger MLB fans, but it's a guarantee your elders know who he is.
That ball is out of here and a home run for Rick Monday and the Dodger bench clears to congratulate Rick Monday. Besides being the top prospect for the 1965 Major League Baseball draft, and playing for the Athletics Cubs and Dodgers over nineteen seasons. and winning a World Series with Los Angeles. Monday is actually best known for defending the American flag in the middle of a baseball game. On that fateful day, the Cubs were facing off against the Dodgers in a closely contested matchup.
At the bottom of the fourth inning, two strangely dressed hippies made their way out on the baseball field. And crouched down in the left center of the outfield. There they began dousing an American flag and kerosene, preparing to set old glory ablaze. It was supposed to be an act of protest. Filmed on live TV right there in front of Dodger Stadium.
the United States and the world. But after the batter and play hit a pop fly, Monday noticed the commotion. As a former U.S. Marine Corps Reserve member and a man with deep respect for the flag and the country it represents, Monday did not hesitate. he sprinted toward the men and snatched the flag from the ground.
Just in time. The crowd erupted in applause and cheers as he secured the flag and continued running with it toward the dugout.
So they better lose him in a hurry. And Monday, when he realized what he was gonna do, raced over. And took the flag away from him. The act was met with an overwhelming emotional response from fans. After the inning ended, the stadium spontaneously broke into a rendition of God Bless America.
Then, as Monday stepped up to bat in the top of the fifth inning. The Dodger Stadium scoreboard lit up with a message of gratitude and admiration. Rick Monday, you made a great play. If you're going to burn the flag, don't do it around me, he said. I've been to too many veterans' hospitals and seen too many broken bodies of guys who tried to protect them.
It's the way I was brought up to respect it and those that really carried. The rights and freedoms that all of us have if we exercise those. And it was reinforced by six years serving in the Marine Reserves while I was playing Major League Baseball. Monday, received the flag as a gift after it was no longer evidence in a criminal case. But the irony of it is taking the flag away from those two guys that Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.
My wife and I have that flag, and we take it around the country and raise money, help raise money for military charities, and that's important because. We are where we are and it needs to be improved and we're the ones that can improve it. But a lot of people represented the rights and freedoms that that flag represents and some paid the ultimate price. that affected a lot of families. In 2016, on the 40th anniversary of the event, Monday said.
The very symbol that represents the rights and freedoms for all of us in this country is the flag. the very flag that two guys were trying to desecrate on this field forty years ago. Has helped raise money from military charities. It continues to live. Long after I'm gone, this is something my family will continue to do.
We've had a great response all around this country. Rick Monday's actions that day continue to be celebrated. Not only is a proud moment in sports history, but as a rare instance when athletic instinct aligned perfectly, with personal conviction and national values. and a year devoted to commemorating America's founding, A simple, decisive act by a ball player. reminded the country that patriotism can show itself in unexpected places.
even in the middle of a baseball game. And a terrific job when the production, editing, and storytelling by Aron Monte Montgomery and Reagan Habib. And a special thanks to Blake Stilwell. Writes, For we are the mighty. and it was a former Air Force combat videographer.
and journalist. And what a story he told That was the two hundredth anniversary, and if something like that happened today on a baseball field, we can only hope that a ball player would do the same thing. There are times and places for protests, burning the American flag in front of a guy who served six years in the Marine Corps.
Well, that just wasn't gonna fly. And by the way, Monday did more than that. He then took that flag. and well went around the country Raising money for veterans, because so many people Remembered that great play. And again, we started off with a teaser, the greatest play in baseball history.
And folks, there's no other play like it. Go to YouTube and watch it. The speed with which Monday made that move. Within seconds, that flag would have been ablaze. The story of the day Rick Monday saved the flag from being burned by a couple of hippies at Dodger Stadium.
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