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WOW - That great...


God Bless
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Thank you Hilliarddad!
I think we all need to hear stories like that now and again so we remember what is really important.
 
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Almost didn't read it. Thought it was another internet story. Great story! :)
 
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Really cool story. That's what its all about!
 
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Kudos to the both the Central Washington players and the Central Washington staff and parents for installing such integrity and compassion in these young ladies!!! :) :) :)
 
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That is great. ?Thanks for sharing!
 
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What a cool story! Very nice.
 
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[highlight][/highlight]VERY COOL!!!!
 
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cool! i knew i couldn't have been the first to read this, poppe dup on ESPN, read it this morning
 
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If I owned a business, these are two girls that I would want working for me. Integrity and kindness are two vanishing traits.
 
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Opponents carry injured home-run hitter around bases
Associated Press

Updated: April 30, 2008, 7:40 PM EST

With two runners on base and a strike against her, Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University uncorked her best swing and did something she had never done, in high school or college. Her first home run cleared the center-field fence.
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.

Central Washington first baseman Mallory Holtman, the career home run leader in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, asked the umpire if she and her teammates could help Tucholsky.

The umpire said there was no rule against it.

So Holtman and shortstop Liz Wallace put their arms under Tucholsky's legs, and she put her arms over their shoulders. The three headed around the base paths, stopping to let Tucholsky touch each base with her good leg.

"The only thing I remember is that Mallory asked me which leg was the one that hurt," Tucholsky said. "I told her it was my right leg and she said, 'OK, we're going to drop you down gently and you need to touch it with your left leg,' and I said 'OK, thank you very much."'

"She said, 'You deserve it, you hit it over the fence,' and we all kind of just laughed."

"We started laughing when we touched second base," Holtman said. "I said, 'I wonder what this must look like to other people."'

"We didn't know that she was a senior or that this was her first home run," Wallace said Wednesday. "That makes the story more touching than it was. We just wanted to help her."

Holtman said she and Wallace weren't thinking about the playoff spot, and didn't consider the gesture something others wouldn't do.

As for Tucholsky, the 5-foot-2 right fielder was focused on her pain.

"I really didn't say too much. I was trying to breathe," she told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday.

"I didn't realize what was going on until I had time to sit down and let the pain relax a little bit," she said. "Then I realized the extent of what I actually did."

"I hope I would do the same for her in the same situation," Tucholsky added.

As the trio reached home plate, Tucholsky said, the entire Western Oregon team was in tears.

Central Washington coach Gary Frederick, a 14-year coaching veteran, called the act of sportsmanship "unbelievable."

For Western Oregon coach Pam Knox, the gesture resolved the dilemma Tucholsky's injury presented.

"She was going to kill me if we sub and take (the home run) away. But at the same time I was concerned for her. I didn't know what to do," Knox said.

Tucholsky's injury is a possible torn ligament that will sideline her for the rest of the season, and she plans to graduate in the spring with a degree in business. Her home run sent Western Oregon to a 4-2 victory, ending Central Washington's chances of winning the conference and advancing to the playoffs.

"In the end, it is not about winning and losing so much," Holtman said. "It was about this girl. She hit it over the fence and was in pain, and she deserved a home run."




Read this article at:
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8091708/Opponents-carry-injured-home-run-hitter-around-bases
 
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Way to Cool
 
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Talk of Locker room material......

That's what it's about.....

Great Photo!
 
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This story was featured on the NBC Nightly news last night. It does remind us that this game is for the girls and the character this game builds.
 
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It was also on FOX news this morning and they had the players on there as well. Definately a class act that shines well on the fastpitch softball community. The first thing my wife asked me was "do you think this would have happened in a baseball game"? Of course I can't say for sure but that may not be a fair question. The fact is it did happen in this game and these players made everyone around them proud. Kudos to them and I hope that the young lady that hit the HR gets well soon.
 
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Saw this story on GMA this morning. If I was the coach or parent of those girls, that would be one of my proudest moments. The ultimate display of Sportsmanship and humanity.
 
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I can only pray that if my DD is ever in that situation she would act in the same way. Those girls families should be very proud of the fine human beings they have become and the example they have set for all to observe. There are too few stories like this now-a-days.
 
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