I wish I had not been startled by the words. Alas, the modern announcer has been trained to be inoffensive above all. Seldom is heard a discouraging word, at least about the home team. Tell it like it ...

When I woke up Saturday, there was only one text message from a Cubs fan on my cellphone. It had nothing to do with Kris Bryant, or Chicago’s 7-3 victory in 11 innings over the Reds on Friday night, ...

Chicago Cubs fans woke up Friday celebrating more than a recent sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Friday marks 49 years since then-Cubs outfielder Rick Monday grabbed an American flag that two ...

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Rick Monday briefly became a national celebrity back in April 1976 when, while playing for the Chicago Cubs, he stopped a pair of protesters from burning an American Flag in the outfield of Dodger ...

In 1996 there was a rock-and-roll hit by the Easybeats, “Friday on My Mind.” The lyrics included, “Monday I’ll have Friday on my mind.” Well, Friday I had Monday on my mind. Rick Monday. It happens at ...

Thursday marks the 43rd anniversary of perhaps the greatest – and certainly most patriotic – save in the history of Dodgers Stadium. Monday, a former Marine, grabbed Old Glory and jogged away as one ...

Monday was playing for the Cubs in an April 25, 1976, game in Dodger Stadium when a man and his 11-year-old son burst onto the field and tried to set the flag on fire. Monday dashed over and grabbed ...

ELYSIAN PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Radio broadcaster and former Dodger outfielder Rick Monday threw the ceremonial first pitch on the 40th anniversary of the day he saved an American flag from being ...

Vin Scully’s April 25, 1976, call of Chicago Cubs player Rick Monday rescuing an American flag about to be burned in the Dodgers Stadium outfield sparked plenty of emotion. On Tuesday night, Monday ...