Terrifying History on Instagram: "On April 25, 1976, during a Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers, outfielder Rick Monday prevented an act of flag desecration that would become one of the most memorable moments in sports history. As two protesters ran onto the field with an American flag, poured lighter fluid on it and attempted to set it on fire, Monday - a U.S. Marine Corps veteran - immediately sprinted toward them and snatched the flag away before it c