𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠 Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday was playing an away game at Dodger Stadium in April of 1976 – America was celebrating our 200th anniversary – when he made the most memorable play in baseball history. Two protestors had made their way to the outfield with the intention of setting the American flag on fire (they’d doused it with lighter fluid).