Judy Hamilton
4th June 2006, 01:52 PM (13:52)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/22/AR2006042201389.html
all plays pale in comparison to Monday's most famous achievement in a baseball uniform.
"I know the people were very pleased to see Monday take the flag away from those guys," recalled Manny Mota,
Monday's teammate that season and now a Dodgers coach. "I know Rick has done a lot of good things as a player and as a person.
But what he did for his country, he will be remembered for the rest of his life as an American hero."
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all plays pale in comparison to Monday's most famous achievement in a baseball uniform.
"I know the people were very pleased to see Monday take the flag away from those guys," recalled Manny Mota,
Monday's teammate that season and now a Dodgers coach. "I know Rick has done a lot of good things as a player and as a person.
But what he did for his country, he will be remembered for the rest of his life as an American hero."
a short film showing "the greatest play in Baseball"
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in American Baseball
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