Rick Monday’s Flag Save at Dodger Stadium Still Resonates 35 Years Later

It didn't happen on Memorial Day weekend, and it was a long time ago, but the day Rick Monday saved an American flag from being burnt in the outfield at Dodger Stadium still resonates with baseball fans thirty-five years later.

It is remembered as one of the most patriotic moments in Major League Baseball history, but it wasn't a planned celebration or moment.

It just happened.

On April 25, 1976, Rick Monday was playing center field for the Chicago Cubs in a game at Dodger Stadium when two protesters, William Thomas and his 11-year-old son, ran onto the field and attempted to set fire to an American flag. They laid the America...

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