Posts Tagged ‘Chicago Cubs’

On April 25, 1976, a most incredible moment in baseball history happened.  Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday made the ultimate saving catch when he snatched an United States flag from two protesters that were trying to set the flag on fire.  I wrote about this a couple years ago but recently a video story about [...]

I am not a baseball fan and I have never heard of this incident but I thought this was pretty danged cool.  Hard to imagine any of the primadonas in athletics today doing something so noble.