Flag Saved, Smelly Hippies Thwarted: A Good Day All 'Round

[roo_ster]

"Are you disappointed that you spent 19 years in baseball, and this is what you are remembered for?"

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[Ben]

That was great! I love how the idiots were taken completely unaware. One second it's there, the next it's not. All their hopes and dreams of glory wiped away in a split second. And the fact that everyone in the stadium started singing "God Bless America" made it a major FAIL for the two bozos. :)

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

only way it coulda been better was for the heroes of the revolution to self immolate

[Uncle Bubba]

I remember when it happened. I can't say for sure but may have been watching with my Dad. Great work by Monday.

[RoadKingLarry]

That flag was taken on a cross country tour a few years ago. They made a short stop in my home town.

[Boomhauer]

only way it coulda been better was for the heroes of the revolution to self immolate

Does a dirty hippie burn like a tire?

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

we need to see   i remember some fool overseas getting all fired up doing the same thing

[Ron]

That was beautiful!

[Perd Hapley]

Does it matter if the flag was their private property, or is it justified to take someone's personal property in this situation? 

I think Monday did the right thing, just like the gentleman who cut down a Mexican flag flown above a U.S. flag, on American soil. 

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[AZRedhawk44]

Does it matter if the flag was their private property, or is it justified to take someone's personal property in this situation? 

I think Monday did the right thing, just like the gentleman who cut down a Mexican flag flown above a U.S. flag, on American soil. 

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Hippies don't have money, so any flag they had was probably stolen from real Americans anyways.   

[K Frame]

Wikipedia said that that was a father and son who tried to burn the flag.

Anyone know anything about them?

[Strings]

>Anyone know anything about them? <

You mean other than the fact that they failed on an epic scale?

[Ben]

Does it matter if the flag was their private property, or is it justified to take someone's personal property in this situation?

Not sure what the law would actually say, but even if it was their personal property, they were trespassing on someone else's property (my understanding is a ticket buys you access to the stadium, not the field) and had they set the flag on fire, would have destroyed someone else's personal property, i.e., grass on the playing field, which is probably why you saw the little groundskeeper (did anyone else picture Groundskeeper Willie?) keeping a tighter hold on the trespassers than even the security guards when they were escorting them off the field. 

[RoadKingLarry]

Wikipedia said that that was a father and son who tried to burn the flag.

Anyone know anything about them?

They are probably on Obama's cabinet or in leadership positions with ACORN.

[MechAg94]

Not sure what the law would actually say, but even if it was their personal property, they were trespassing on someone else's property (my understanding is a ticket buys you access to the stadium, not the field) and had they set the flag on fire, would have destroyed someone else's personal property, i.e., grass on the playing field, which is probably why you saw the little groundskeeper (did anyone else picture Groundskeeper Willie?) keeping a tighter hold on the trespassers than even the security guards when they were escorting them off the field. 

I'm sure the stadium could make the case from a much bigger monetary loss if they had to. 

[Ben]

I'm sure the stadium could make the case from a much bigger monetary loss if they had to. 

Oh for sure. I was just joking around about the grass (though I guess it IS property destruction) because the groundskeeper getting in on the action was kind of a crackup for me. :)

[K Frame]

You know, at one point it looks as if the guys who stormed the field might have started chasing Monday.

You can't see them, but one of his teammates suddenly breaks into a sprint as if he's going to intercept them.

I LOVE Tommy Lasorda's comments. I've always despised the Dodgers, but I've always loved Tommy Lasorda. Sort of a modern day Casey Stengal and a true baseball man.