#730 Rick Monday

Since when did the Cub uniforms have a vest?....A personal favorite player…about the best player born on November 20^th (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.Since when did the Cub uniforms have a vest?....A personal favorite player…about the best player born on November 20^th (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 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 amature 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’sWorld Championship years by being shipped to the Cubs for 72 campaign….Did achieve 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.