Since when did the Cub uniforms have a vest?....A personal
favorite player…about the best player born on November 20th (my
birthday) at least until J.D. Drew…a steady performer who played 19 years…Most
famous exploit was not a catch or hit…On April 25th 1976, wearing a Cub uniform, rescued the
American Flag from being burned by a “NOT so dynamic father son duo” <INSERT Comment about parenting> at Dodger
Stadium…Footage on his heroic act is included in greatest plays of all time on
many web sites or sport highlight shows….1976 was also a career year with high
water marks in runs scored, home runs, and RBIs ….It was for all apparent purposes a pivotal moment….Dodgers must have
liked what they saw on and off the field for he was traded to their
organization for the 1977 season capped off
by his separate stints in LA broadcast both….A historic career too…was
the first draft pick ever in the first amateur draft 1965 by the then KC Athletics
organization as part of their “we’re not a Yankee farm club movement”…. Time
with A’s was solid but but maybe a tad below expectations ….missed out on
Oakland’s World Championship years by being shipped to the Cubs for 72 campaign….Did
achive All Star status in 1968 a feat repeated 10 years later when he was a Dodger….Disliked
in Montreal were his NL playoff home run ended the Expo’s only shot ever at the
World Series…Thank you Rick.
Looks like an airbrushed A's uniform.
ReplyDeleteI was really bummed out about that 1981 home run. We were watching the game in my sophomore English class. I think I was the only one in the room rooting for the Expos.
Yes it is. It is probably the most blatant example of airbrushing artistic license I know of. It would be kind of cool if the Cubs did try this for a season.
ReplyDeleteI don't really remember that playoff all that well, (maybe alienated by the strike) but I remember Astro-Dodgers series better.
Was at that Dodger Game, those idiots were sitting three rows in front of me in the bleachers at Dodger Stadium. Couldn't believe it when they jumped over the wall and ran over to left center and knelt down. Monday was in full run and never breaking stride, scooped up the flag and kept on going. The dad threw the lighter fluid can at him and missed. Cops rained down on the two idiots shortly thereafter. Monday still has the flag to this day.
ReplyDeleteWow! you were there. I believe it is life changing moment for Monday. I wonder what those two were thinking, but I only wonder, I do not want to know. Wanting to know only seems to fuel other copycats.
ReplyDeleteYes I was there. Very surreal moment indeed. I truly believe that this moment ensured his move to the Dodgers in the late 70's. It is my understanding that he'll talk with you about the whole event if you see him at the ballpark. I no longer live in the area so I cannot confirm this.
ReplyDeleteHey Rumple....Just to let you know, I brought sponsorship to Rick Monday Baseball Reference Site today in honor in next month's 40th anniversary of Rick's heroic event. I'm damn cheap with money but somehow it was a bargain.
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mondari01.shtml
Monday hit 11 homers off Tom Seaver, the most Seaver gave up to one player.
ReplyDeleteInteresting given that Monday wouldn't faced Seaver until the 1972 season.
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