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.