Comments on: REMEMBERING RICK MONDAY

By: cyclavir

cyclavir — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:47:43 +0000

cyclavir

By: GZ Expat, Part II

GZ Expat, Part II — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:21:35 +0000

Lots of Sports News

There is just a ton of sports news out there that has grabbed my attention (in addition to the firing of Marc Crawford)… I’ve never thought that smoking weed was all that bad for you, healthwise. But, why is it that most of the people that I knew in …

By: Patricia Ann's Pollywog Creek Porch

Patricia Ann's Pollywog Creek Porch — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:13:30 +0000

~ A wonderful story about baseball, the flag, and a moment captured in time....

....30 years ago today.

By: Patricia Ann's Pollywog Creek Porch

Patricia Ann's Pollywog Creek Porch — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:13:26 +0000

~ A wonderful story about baseball, the flag, and a moment captured in time....

....30 years ago today.

By: The Amboy Times

The Amboy Times — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:21:59 +0000

An Everyday Hero

A retired Marine protecting rights and freedoms for all of us. This story is more logical and inspiring than all the flag burnings and their ilk

By: Iowa Voice

Iowa Voice — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:14:23 +0000

Thirty Years Ago, Rick Monday Rescued The American Flag

On April 25, 1976, baseball player Rick Monday saved an American flag:

The day was April 25, 1976. The Cubs were playing the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Patrolling center field for the Cubs was 30-year-old Rick Monday, who was embarking upon what would be

By: Left Wing = Hate

Left Wing = Hate — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:55:15 +0000

True American Hero Anniversary, April 25, 1976: The Flag Burners Vs. Bicentennial Rick

From All-Baseball.com

The Flag Burners Vs. Bicentennial Rick Thirty years ago, the United States celebrated its Bicentennial with a number of carefully planned ceremonial events throughout the spring and summer, highlighted by the much-publicized par…

By: Marvin's Word

Marvin's Word — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:22:14 +0000

Greatest Outfield Play – Ever

Rick Monday, a former Marine, playing for the Chicago Cubs in
Dodger Stadium, saved the American Flag from being burned by a couple of college guys.

By: Public Figures... Beware

Public Figures... Beware — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:40:18 +0000

A Proud Cubs Fan

This story is almost like a children’s book. The moral of the story is: the flag is good, baseball is good, hippies are bad. The only thing that would have made this story slightly better would be if Rick Monday had also cleated the dirtballs as he r…

By: Alpine Summit

Alpine Summit — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:34:44 +0000

Celebrating an Anniversary

I think the picture itself is iconic. How appropriate is it that the “average citizen” stepped up to rescue the nation from the clutches of those who posess its very freedoms, but wish to destroy them?

By: BLACKFIVE

BLACKFIVE — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:32:04 +0000

When a Chicago Cub Saved the Flag

Wow, I didn’t know all this was happening around a simple act of decency by a Chicago Cub. Michelle Malkin – …Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday of the Chicago Cubs, who snatched an American flag at the Dodger Stadium Outfield

By: Right Minded

Right Minded — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:57:21 +0000

An American baseball player

Michelle Malkin notes that it has been 30 years since Rick Monday of the Chicago Cubs, snatched an American flag from a couple of punks who were going to burn it….