Monday, MondayCaptain Ed has a 
nice long post on Chicago Cub Rick Monday's famed mad dash to save the American flag.  Being a Dodger fan, Captain Ed manages to turn it into a post about the Dodgers.  He does include one detail that I hadn't heard before; apparently the LA fans spontaneously burst into "God Bless America" after the incident.  It's a good thing the incident happened in the fourth inning, or else nobody would have been there.
I think Ed's right about that moment being something of a turning point.  It being the bicentennial year also helped.  Not that there weren't some more turns ahead; that was also the year we elected Jimmuh Carter.
I included Monday's save in 
my trivia quiz about the 1970s a couple months ago.
Hat Tip: 
Conservative Grapevine.