An Act of Sportmanship.....

[Hasbeen]

But it appeared to be the shortest of dreams come true when she missed first base, started back to tag it and collapsed with a knee injury.

 

She crawled back to first but could do no more. The first-base coach said she would be called out if her teammates tried to help her. Or, the umpire said, a pinch runner could be called in, and the homer would count as a single.

 

Then, members of the Central Washington University softball team stunned spectators by carrying Tucholsky around the bases Saturday so the three-run homer would count -- an act that contributed to their own elimination from the playoffs.

 

http://cbs.sportsline.com/worldsports/story/10807104/1

[Guest Bluto]

Awesome story!!! :thumb:

[Jumper_Dad]

When faced with dooing what's right, kids often surprise us. BY DOING THE RIGHT THING...congrats to both teams. Thanks for the story.

[Gunner11]

WOW!!! Impressive!

[bigblueinsanity]

I mean she did hit the Homer, its not like the gave them the game. Great act of sportmanship.

[LRCW]

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

[PurpleHaze]

I saw this on the news early this morning. It was wonderful!!!!

[cooperstown]

Neat story. We get to hear so many stories about poor sportsmanship - it's nice to hear one from the other side of the ledger.

[spindoc]

Great story.

[iPapi]

That's the best feel-good story I've read in quite sometime.

 

Thank you for posting.

[Aiden Seamus]

Saw this on ESPN's First Take. Great story.

[Jim Schue]

I agree this is a pretty cool story.

 

One thing that caught me while reading it: Anybody recall a few years ago when a women's college player (or it may have been a HS player, I can't recall for sure) had suffered a major knee injury which left her two points shy of some individual scoring record? The coaches made arrangements ahead of time for the injured player to get in the game long enough — she was nowhere near capable of playing full speed — to allow her to score the bucket and break the record. Touching story as well, but I recall lots of outcry against it as well … something about the "integrity of the record" was damaged because they allowed her to score, or some other such stuff.

[JoeFan]

They cost themselves a play-off win but gained something far more enduring. Congratulation to both Sara Tucholsky and the members of the Central Washington team.:thumb:

[Ms Liberty]

I saw this on the news and it is a great story. We need more people in the world like this. I remembr that story too and there is nothing wrong with helping others. Neither hurt anyone.

[Hasbeen]

I agree this is a pretty cool story.

 

One thing that caught me while reading it: Anybody recall a few years ago when a women's college player (or it may have been a HS player, I can't recall for sure) had suffered a major knee injury which left her two points shy of some individual scoring record? The coaches made arrangements ahead of time for the injured player to get in the game long enough — she was nowhere near capable of playing full speed — to allow her to score the bucket and break the record. Touching story as well, but I recall lots of outcry against it as well … something about the "integrity of the record" was damaged because they allowed her to score, or some other such stuff.

 

Just like when Ricky Scruggs broke Bill "The Bulldozer" Dauterieve's touchdown record at Arlin High.