Monday a natural choice for Game 3 first pitch

LOS ANGELES — Rick Monday is a well-known Dodger for several reasons, but ironically, his most iconic moment involving the organization happened while he was playing not for them, but as an opponent.

Monday was a 30-year-old outfielder for the Cubs in 1976 when he made his now infamous dash toward two protesters who had snuck onto the field at Dodger Stadium intending to burn an American flag. Monday snatched the flag from the protesters and ran off with it, unwittingly creating a lasting image that remains his most identifiable legacy.

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Monday had plenty of significant moments as a Dodger, too — he’s in his 24th year as a Dodgers radio broadcaster — making him a natural selection for the honor of throwing the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game 3 of the National League Championship Series between the Cubs and Dodgers on Tuesday.

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Whether it’s his patriotic flag-saving moment in the same year as the country’s Centennial celebration or his postseason-saving moment five years later, Monday is a popular choice to be part of the October pageantry.

Even if he is a bit modest about it all.

“Evidently, everybody was sick or out of town,” Monday joked.

Monday is accustomed …

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