“Things can get better. Little moments of unity are possible. It only takes one big play. “

On This Date: In 1976, protesters tried to burn an American flag at Dodger Stadium.

Outfielder Rick Monday wasn’t having any of that. pic.twitter.com/YyQ5tw9yIv

— ESPN (@espn) April 25, 2018

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(Jeff Robbins/AP)

Remembering baseball’s greatest play 42 years ago today

Washington Examiner
by Philip Wegmann
4/25/2018

Excerpt:

Rick Monday is a retired baseball player, more specifically a left fielder who batted left and threw left, who was voted an All Star twice, and who played in two World Series Championships during his 19 seasons. But the best play Monday ever made, the one he is famous for, happened during warm ups between the fourth and the fifth inning.

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