This is an I-Heart podcast.

This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories, the show where America is the star and the American people, coming to you from the city where the West begins, Fort Worth, Texas.

Up next, the story about the greatest play in baseball history.

And I know what you're thinking, that perfect game pitched way back when in Yankee Stadium,

or maybe that great catch by Willie Mays or the Hank

Aaron home run that broke the Major League Baseball home run record? That's none of those.

Here to tell the story of the greatest play ever made in a baseball stadium is Blake Stillwell,

our regular contributor. Take it away, Blake.

On April 25, 1976, amid the national pride of America's bicentennial year, one of Major League Baseball's

most unforgettable moments

unfolded at Dodger Stadium.

None in the form of a dramatic home run or a game-winning pitch, but through an act of patriotism.

Rick Monday's name may not ring a bell for younger MLB fans,

but it's a guarantee your elders know who he is.

That ball is out of here and a home run for Rick Monday,

and the Dodger bench clears to congratulate Rick Monday.

Besides being the top prospect for the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft and playing for the athletics,

Cubs, and Dodgers over 19 seasons, and winning a World Series with Los Angeles,

Monday is actually best known for defending the American flag in the middle of a baseball game.

On that fateful day, the Cubs were facing off against the Dodgers in a closely contested

matchup. At the bottom of the fourth inning, two strangely dressed hippies made their way out on the

baseball field and crouched down in the left center of the outfield. There, they began dousing an

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