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  • @TheSirPrise the idea is that those people metaphorically tried to protest by burning something our soldiers have shed blood for; the flag may not exactly represent the freedom of america, but it is the representation of the American people themselves. The Flag is the symbol of all that America fought for from the very beginning, just to have the individual freedoms we have today, and burning the flag is a major sign of disrespect, especially to a soldier (Rick Monday is a veteran)

  • @TheSirPrise You must not be from around here. While the flag is cloth with colors and design it is what it represents that is important and sacred to all of us Americans here in the United States. It represents our free country, its rights and freedoms guaranteed in our Constitution and Bill of Rights protected, secured and made possible by the millions of Americans who have given their lives and suffered to secure our way of life for all of us here in the United States.

  • @giramino Flames cannot burn an idea or rights. The flag is what it is, a piece of cloth. The people are what matters, the people represent the freedom of America, not the flag.

  • Technically you are supposed to burn the flag when it touches the ground... So hopefully, they ended up burning it in the proper way afterwards.

  • Way to go Rick!!! Tommy stfu! Giants fan couldn't resist. :O

  • no, silly person, it is not legal to run onto the field during a baseball game at all, let alone with matches (and possbly accelerant) trying to light a fire. Our first amendment rights are precious, but they come with rules and responsibilities, just like everyhting else in life.

  • Rick Monday...........A real true American patriot and a man among men & a human being among human beings!

  • Thank U Rick Monday for your true act of patriotism. 

  • Rick Monday, you've done a great job saving that flag. Definately a great play.

  • you are an idiot for submitting to the government, thinking what they do is allowed by the Constitution. were they disrupting the game itself? didn't look like it at all, are you aware that flag burning is LEGAL? I declare you to be a troll, telling people how to live their lives.

  • @Zeldagigafan90210 you're a douche

  • @Zeldagigafan90210

    Yes, it is legal. And you should be glad that stupidity is also legal. Otherwise, you would be serving a life sentence.

  • Rick Monday is a boss.

  • Who are the 2 guys burning the flag?

  • @redbaroncarwash Because they're protesting...something...

  • You are a true Patriot Rick Monday

  • Rick, You get another comment from a retired Marine even in 2011. I'm choked up as I write. Thanks from all who serve.

  • I understand that this wasn't for the right cause, but when a U.S. Flag touches the ground you're supposed to burn it anyways.

  • Greatest play made in our national pastime. Thank you, Rick Monday.God bless America.

  • @dodger6131

    They all voted for Obama.

  • @jonsblutooth Yes, but Bush was also overwhelmingly reelected in 2004. And no serious effort was made to impeach him, unlike his predecessor.

  • Rick Monday is the "MAN OF THE YEAR" GOOD JOB RICK!!!

  • Rick Monday, you're a true American!

  • Monday rules. I LOVE his attitude.

  • America. All day, every day.

    Rick Monday, thank you.

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  • the only time this old Cardinal Fan has ever cheered a Cub...3+ decades later still the classiest thing I've ever seen on a ballfield

  • U.S.A.

  • How do 55 People Dislike this video? come on people. GET A CLUE

  • Anytime that I feel I need something to cheer me up, this is one of the videos that I play.

    God bless America!

  • Intercepting the flag saved a piece of symbolic cloth, a rabbit punch would have saved the day.

  • Could this heroic feat be the reason why Rick Monday came to the Dodgers the following year? I know that it's ludicrous to ask, but I find it to be a coincidence.

    Rick Monday came to the Dodgers in 1977.

  • this makes me very happy for u guys being patriots but not u balloffur ur a commie

    im glad rick monday is my 3rd cousin

  • my mom is marianne monday edsill is mah mom and rick mondayis mah 3rd cousin

  • @TheBiscuithead3669 I'm sure your whole family is proud of your spelling, grammar, and typing skills.

  • This is the correct way to address flag burning. This is something that we as citizens should address. It's not something for the law to handle.

    Respect must be earned. And Old Glory has earned mine.

    You'll get no respect for burning a flag or at least not from anyone whose respect is worth anything.

    If you burn an American flag, be prepared to be shunned by patriots.

  • To most Americans our flag is special. Citizens of other nations do not revere their national colors as we do. The first Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to Color Bearers in the Civil War who gave their lives to keep the Colors from touching the ground. Rick Monday, well done.

  • THANK GOD FOR BASEBALL ..GOD BLESS AMERICA!

  • Hoorah for Tommy and expletives!

  • Awesome!

  • @balloffury

    Nothing is free man. You're paying for you're own heatlhcare along with everyone else's.

  • Flag burners should be burnt right along with the flag!!!

  • @Balloffury1 Free? LOL!

  • @Balloffury1 Then go back to Canada ya faggot socialist scum. Last I checked Whiskey and Shotguns were allright. And trust me, Canada's healthcare will collapse on itself.

  • @Balloffury1 that little boy Justin is waiting for you

  • @Balloffury1 Canada is shit compared to the U.S

  • Thank you Rick Monday. AWESOME!

  • 52 people are hippie commie fascist scum

  • @kterris1

    Yeah! - 52 people are hippie commie fascist scum

  • Soooo, where in the hell is the security?

  • The last time a player from the Cubs has made a good play.

  • I love this video god bless America

  • Rick Monday=Patriotism.

  • HEY HAWGDAWGRAIN...RIGHT ON MY BROTHER...I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER...GOD BLESS AMERICA

  • how'd those fools get on the field in the first place? Back in the 70s sports security was so much more lax, I was just watching video of Boston Celtics fans storming the court in game 5 of the 1976 Finals. (67asBVCzSlE) At the 8 min 30 sec mark notice how fans celebrated on the court after a Celtic made a leading basket. One of them punched a referee. And as for William Errol Thomas, he's a moron.

  • Thanks, Rick.....GREAT play for sure.

  • Top ten

  • @canasure1: Well said. As a brother as a Nam vet, (69-70), I agree with you totally. Commies have always hated us. Wish there were more Rick Monday's.

  • And that folks is the difference between a Liberal and a Conservative. Rick Monday is no Liberal. 

  • 49 people should move to mexico.

  • Thank you Rick Monday. I just learned what you did on that day in April, 1976. I am a Vietnam Veteran 70-71 and remember the communist americans who did those things back in our time. I don't agree with many things our government does, but burning the flag would never be my way of showing my disagreement. Again, Thank You

  • The courts have determined that flag burning is a form of protected speach.....punching flag burners in the nose should be a protected form of expression as well.

  • 49 people are muslims

  • @countryvetlife Thank you for your service.

  • To those 49 people that do not like Patriotism or this country ..... MOVE OUT !!!! Love us or Leave us .. it's that simple ..

  • America, best country in the world

    

  • TFM

  • One does not have to agree with the act that those 2 wanted to do, like it or not, it's part of the freedoms we have in America. We have the right to protest our gov't among other things. It's also important to understand that with rights come responsibilities....Americans have died and been killed to preserve those rights - as the saying goes - "I may not agree with what you say, but I will die defending your right to say it".

  • @MrFluffysteel If you want to get technical, it actually goes against federal law. Title 4 Section 1 of the US Federal Code deals with proper treatment of the American flag. What these guys were attempting to do-indeed even throwing it on the ground- is in violation of those federal statutes. The only difference is that their is virtually no enforcement of those laws, and no penalty, as the Supreme Court has ruled that penalizing such acts would violate the 1st Amendment. It's still a law though

  • @MrFluffysteel - It's a gray area as far as expression and freedom of speech. Try that kind of act in Iran or NK and see how the headlines turn out - that is if they're not censored first.... Do I like it? No. IMO it's their right and I'm proud of a nation that will allow such madness, illegal or not. It's pointless to use legal precedent in a country that has violated federal law more in the last 2+ years then I care to remember....lets keep the intent in mind.

  • @MrFluffysteel Just because you CAN say something doesnt mean you should. Example: Westboro Baptist church

  • @TuriGuiliano100 - I agree...that would be the part where I said 'with rights come responsibilities'. Freedom is a 2 edged sword as well....it goes far beyond just this one incident. I think it's great what R Monday did, and in fact I think a lot of the ppl that do these things are nothing more then attention whores, but I'm also not going to lose sleep over it or give them any more attention then they want. BTW, In an 8–1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of WBC on 3/2/11.

  • 48 people should be ashamed of themselves. God Bless you Rick Monday. God Bless America.

  • It's times like this that make me so damn proud to be an American. This is definitely the number one greatest moment in the MLB.

  • You know, our country protects your right to burn our flag, but I sure as hell am not going to sit by and watch it happen. Good move Rick.

  • You know, for so many people wanting to burn your flag for so many years.. maybe something's wrong?

    Still - A patriotic deed, that should be respected :)

  • @RxEnde one of the few countries in which you CAN burn the flag, jerkoff.... funny how so many people dog it, but they all flock here....

  • I have seen this before a few times , in the past 4-5 yrs and each time I read or see the video... I salute our flag! God Bless America~!

  • thank God manny ramierez retired, his fat lazy ass wouldnt have moved or even cared yet took his american dollars pay check.

  • Never heard of this event beforetoday (4-27-2011). I wish there were more Americans like Rick Monday.

  • Hadn't heard his name until today - and today he became one of my heros....

  • patriot

  • If this happened today the baseball player would be brought up on charges by the Obama Justice Department, and Democrats would be outraged that Rick prevented the protesters from expressing the Democrats "highest form of patriotism."

  • Thanks and God bless you Rick Monday!

  • God bless America, My home sweet home.

  • little flag burning hippie punks, probably grew up to vote for barry hussien obama

  • Obama and Holder

  • Yes bookkid, if the flag touches the ground it is to be burned...in a respectful manner. What these two were planning to do was NOT respectful to the flag.

  • Thank You Rick Monday. You are a great American and now my favorite Cubbie Ever-

  • SAFE!!!!!

  • Leftists are ROYAL DOUCHEBAGGERS

  • if an American Flag touches the ground it has to be burned, and THAT my friends is the ONLY circumstance where an American Flag is to be burned, period.. research on who said that.. it's on a plaque, on a rock, in the Town I grew up in..

  • @Dewdaahman Actually that is wrong. The only time that an American Flag should be burned is in a flag burning ceremony. I know this because as an Eagle and Boy Scout I have done this ceremony with my troop. The conditions for a flag to be burned is when it is tattered and/or torn and should not be flown. Flags should not be burned unless given the proper respect.

  • @bookkid900 I disagree, if an American flag touches the ground it is to be burned.. that instruction came in the 1700's.. what they've added, changed, etc from that time til now I'm not aware of..  thank you for enlightening me..

  • God Bless Marines and all Americans!

    Semper Fidelis!

  • i wonder whatever happened to the losers that tried to light the flag on fire?

  • God Bless Marines and all Americans!

    Semper Fidelis

  • What an awesome thing for Monday to do. I dont know if I was ever prouder to be a Cubs fan than at that moment.

  • looks like 47 people are Communists/LOSERS 

  • Rick Monday for President. He has already done more for this nation than President Barack (we are a ation of cowards) Obama

  • Those Liberal douche-baggers are now community organizers and tenured professors teaching our kids how to hate their country....just like Obama.

  • Betsy Ross would be proud as I, who served 38 years with the US Army as a Soldier and Civilian

  • @bispat Thank you for serving this great country , From a proud Army wife =)

  • @bispat Thank you for serving this great country , From a proud Army wife =)

  • Why did Bill Ayres watch this video 47 times?

  • That was a little Obama doing that.

  • 47 people proved that a mind IS a terrible thing to waste.

  • 47 commies.

  • Rick Monday .. Way to GO!... and thank you ...

  • One of the Greatest plays in Baseball History!

  • And to those who are the greedy politicians and corrupt individuals that have, since the dawn of time eternal, ripped off their fellow human beings and used our passion to extend the control of peoples and resources; your time is at an end.

  • Those who hate and burn the flag do not understand that the free people who love the flag support not the government that it stands for; but those free peoples ideal of their inward heroism. The free people would gladly stand, rebel and throw out those corrupt greedy politicians that have ruined the word America; but we are too much distracted by the youth who inevitably have much passion and little focus.

  • Thank you sir.

  • the 47 liberals should just be lined up and shot for treason!

  • 47 people need to move to France

  • @Hawgdawgrain or Libya....

  • @Hawgdawgrain Or Cuba!

  • @Hawgdawgrain Your astute comment about 47 people needing to move to France reminded me of the old truism ... "Every time an American moves to France the average I.Q. of both countries rises." ;-)

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  • @spiritofsylvox Depends on the I.Q. of the person. The statistics I found say France and the US are tied.

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  • Atta boy Rick !

    Forget Willie's over-the-shoulder catch in the '54 Series -- YOURS was the best play ever made !!!

  • For those that did not like this video, your flight out of this country leaves in 2 hours. BE ON IT!!!!

  • 47 douchbags disliked this video clip.... must be filthy Liberal Thiefs and Obama supporters. 

  • 1976 was the year after the Vietnam war ended...my guess is that they were a couple dope smoking, anti-war hippies.

  • @TheTenormaximus also known as Liberal Democrats.

  • @gizmo00000000000

    Also, now known as Marxist/Democrat/Commie Libs.

  • Great American

  • "Wait a minute, theres an animal loose..." Gotta love Vin Scully!!

    Thank you and Semper Fi Rick Monday!

  • 35 years ago today. Thank you Rick Monday. God Bless you, God Bless the Dodgers and God Bless the United States of America.

  • "Tryin' to set fire to the American flag! Can you imagine that?"

    Yes, Mr. Announcer-Man, I can. It is a disgusting act of disrespect and unfortunately, it happens quite often now and goes unpunished.

  • Those hate-monger muslims terrorists should have been burned instead, right then, right there. But as mentioned in other comments, I was unaware of this event until someone shared with me about this posting. We can all thank our manipulative American media to show us only what they want us to know.

    This is a fantastic event and should have been on every front page in America. Thank you Rick.

  • Thanks Rick! A true patriot!

  • @critch74997  never said they were.. just stating the phrase FILTHY DISGUSTING MUSLIMS

  • If more of our children have this kind of character, this nation still has a great future in spite of what liberal ideas are trying to do to it.

  • @critch74997 It's an easy mistake to make? Perhaps if they were towers you might not open your mouth so quick.

  • The proper way to dispose of a worn out flag is to burn it.

  • @peperonyandchease But you do it in private. Burning any flag worn or not in a public display is disrespect to the flag.

  • Should have beat the piss out of them as well....

  • Hahaha eat it protesters

  • I remember what Rick Monday did! He is(or was)a man among men and a ballplayer among ballplayers and a hero among heroes! A True American! I saw this game as a kid in 1976!

  • God Bless you Rick Monday!

  • for the 41 that picked thumbs down...you're all a bunch of idiots!

    Thank you Rick Monday!

  • I'M SURPRISED WORSE DIDNT HAPPEN. IF THAT WAS NOWADAYS THERE WOULD BE A RIOT!

  • A great American right there. Thank you Rick Monday.

  • I LOVE IT!

  • I am 43 years old this year.....and never knew about this event until I saw this clip on Facebook.....Amazing action Rick. Be proud man!!

  • Definetaly the greatest play in any sport.

  • I get goose bumps seeing this!!! Why to go Rick Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • ~~ A long overdue THANK YOU to a great American hero and patriot from this 1976 video, RICK MONDAY of 1976~~

    GOD BLESS AMERICA...and THE most AMERICAN symbol of all... OUR FLAG.

  • @aussiedutch, You and your country must not think alike because they seem to think the war on terror was important, that why Australia sent over 3,000 troop to Help in the efforts, Also your country was smart to be an ally with the USA otherwise how would you be able to truly protect yourself from any real threat, You never have to worry about an attack cause we provided your sad butt with protection, ENJOY IT

  • You just know they had to be liberal progressives/ i.e. democrats/socialist and communist.

  • @Raddmom Absolutely...wrong.

  • Trash is too kind of a name for bill ayers. Trash gets used for what it is good for, then thrown away because you are done using it. Bill designed plots to help destroy america, and blow things up. In the process his girlfriend was killed building bombs, people were killed when the set them off in public places, and he gets off Scott Free. His reply was you have to love this Justice system! Well Bill Ayers is now in the midst of helping reformulate our education system with the aim of teaching

  • what were those guys doing  on the field and how did they get on the field

  • should have kicked their ass

  • Rick you are a true patriot !!!!!!!!

  • People who burn flags are just stupid. Disliking a war or a president or the government is one thing, but burning a flag signifies that you don't even care about the country at all. Rick Monday FTW

  • I love you!

  • Awesome play Rick. Can't believe there are 39 dislike responses at this time. All you "DISLIKES" can move to another country. Don't like America-- LEAVE. Get out of here. Go away. Or just die.

  • Hey, where's the lawyers? Monday would be sued today! The perpetrators would win too!

  • I wished more people would act like Monday. The Flag is a symbol of freedom and the men and women who have died defending. Protest yes, but respect our Flag!

  • It hard to believe it took that long for him to be recognized like that.

  • 38 people are NOT true americans

  • wow, amazing outbreak of patriotism...it's just a flag...

  • @aussiedutchukrainian

    right "its just a flag" and "he just grabbed it". He had a right to do it. so he grabbed it from them. Nothing wrong with that.

  • @aussiedutchukrainian ignorance.. if you were overseas defending our nation (YOUR FREEDOM) like my cousin is, you'd understand that it's far more than "just a flag"... but you aren't doing that, so shut your damn mouth

  • @D1Champ08 I'm an dutch/australian, your wars and your freedom have nothing to do with me...

  • @aussiedutchukrainian hah, you don't think what america does has a very big impact on how you live??? mmmk, so when we don't go to war to stop terrorism, don't come b*tching to us when you guys get your asses bombed, because it would happen. u r so ignorant, get a clue

  • @D1Champ08 i live in the netherlands,your soldiers aren't defending us at all...do you really think the wars in the middle east are to defend Europe? and the dutch fought in afghanistan as well...

  • @aussiedutchukrainian no, the wars in the middle east are to defend the world from men like osama bin laden, and his pawns

  • @aussiedutchukrainian If you don't think that dealing with terrorists doesn't protect The Netherlands and the rest of Europe, you are definitely out to lunch.

  • @D1Champ08 and I meant more the commenters who are crazy patriotic or anti obama

  • God bless AMERICA, AND Rick Monday!!!! Thats how Americans do it. lucky those two made it out alive.