'The Greatest Play in Baseball'

As a treat for the fourth of July, let's travel in time to 1976, our nation's bicentennial, a time when freedom and patriotism meant loving your country's administration unconditionally. Like now, only without Toby Keith.

The scene: Dodger Stadium, one year before Tommy Lasorda took over as manager. A couple of freedom hating assholes who were upset with (who knows) decided to voice their displeasure by burning a flag on the field. They laid it on the pitch, the stitches took a slitch, and here comes Rick Monday as a flag burner's bitch. Captain America scoops up the flag, soaked in lighter fluid, and just about everyone since who remembers the "play" thinks Rick Monday is the most patriotic baseballer ever to live.

I'm from the school of thought that says you're not much of a patriot if you don't allow anyone to protest shithead decisions your government makes, but hey, not many popular kids go to that school right now. If these assholes (they did trespass onto the field) didn't love their country, I have no idea why they'd protest it.

Anyway, my real favorite part of this video is how much Monday seems to like himself. For a patriot, he's an arrogant fuck. Happy 4th of July, America!