I’ve never been a Chicago Cubs fan. Probably never will. But when I saw this awhile back, I am definitely a Rick Monday fan. Since this happened back in 1976, this has become one of the top 100 sports moments…

Wrigley is the world’s largest outdoor beer garden. That’s all it is. Drunken fratboys(redundant)and drunk women in tube tops, all on cellphones. Neither no jack s–t about baseball.

I hate the Dodgers.

But you gotta love Rick Monday.

Nethicus on April 26, 2008 at 3:16 PM

He was with the Cubs at the time so you may continue hating the Dodgers.

He was with the Cubs, but the Dodgers acquired him shortly thereafter and kept him, as I understand it.

Maquis on April 26, 2008 at 7:34 PM

He went to the Dodgers the following year once he reached the pinnacle of his greatness with the Cubs. So you may continue hating the Dodgers. :)

Woo Cubs!

The only mistake Rick made was not giving those idiots a taste of his cleats.

Ed: you are right about sports fandom being stale in the US these days. That’s probably why I’ve gotten WAY more into soccer the last 20 or so years. You can and are expected to be bat ‘s’ crazy and during National teams games you are once again expected to belt out the national anthem and any other number of patriotic songs for the whole 90 minutes. I suggest everyone to check it out live sometime. Everyone I have convinced to try it is a full blown convert.

I’m going to England in May to give them a taste of the stars and bars when our boys whip ‘em in their own house!

Rick Monday is a hero!

Which one was Obama?

landlines on April 27, 2008 at 7:32 PM

The one to Jeremiah Wright’s left.

A flashback to when baseball and patriotism were still synonymous: Ed at Hot Air writes: I’ve written about this before at Captain’s Quarters, but the context bears repeating. In 1976,……

The unprompted, extemporaneous response to Monday’s heroics is the often untold story of that day.

The almost universally forgotten truth is that this is ALWAYS the untold story of the day.

We like to whine about the liberal loons and the Michelle Obamas and Rosie O’Donnells and the Dixie Chicks and all the rest … but the factual reality is that Rick Monday is not the exception to the rule – he is the rule.

For every anti-American anti-freedom waste of oxygen there are literally millions of simple people who love their country and would die to defend it.

We give the idiots too much airplay – and spend too much time pretending like they matter.

We are a nation of Rick Mondays. That is fact. The only reason the media – and even the conservative blogosphere – prattles on endlessly about the few exceptions to the rule is that they are so very rare.

Nobody tells the story of the million planes that land safely every year. They tell the story of the one that crashed and burned.

That is how we live. But it is a lie.

Rick Monday – and all the rest us – that is the truth.

Thank You Professor, that was perfect. You sir, truly do know the heart of the true American’s

I sent that link around to a few friends last year at this time. It’s still a great moment, though I’d have to agree with many here that I don’t know that the spontaneous love of country displayed by everyone singing “God Bless America” could be repeated today. Sad.

Don’t be too sure about that. There is still more good guys than bad guys. They are just too busy working to make the country work.