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Ladies can teach us a lot about sportsmanship
Sara Tucholsky was batting for Western Orgeon and, with two runners on base, hit her first ever homer over the fence. She missed first base and came back to touch it, but instead hit the ground with a knee injury. Her own teammates could not help her complete the trip around the bases or Tucholsky would be called out. Her coach could have sent a pinch runner in, but the homer would have been erased and the new runner would be at first base. Well guess what? The Central Washington first baseman Mallory Holtman asked the umpire if she and her teamates could help Tucholsky. There is no rule against it, so Holtman and shortstop Liz Wallace picked Tucholsky up and helped her around the bases, stopping long enough to let her touch each base with her good leg. It was the first and only over the fence home run hit by Tucholsky. The great act of sportsmanship by the Central Washington players stunned spectators and also contributed to the team being eliminated from the playoffs. It just goes to prove that no matter how bad things are in the real world you can always find something good from the sport's side of things. I wonder how many college baseball teams would have given the same gesture. Especially when you consider the game had playoff implications. Those players from Central Washington did not even consider that when helping, they just did what they thought was the right thing to do. How novel an idea....doing the right thing. The ladies can teach us a thing or two about sportsmanship. I hope that my two girls will, if put in a similiar situation, can and will, show the same type of character and sportsmanship. Actually, I wish that everyone could show the same kindness. Running with heart Speaking of ladies and sportsmanship my hat goes off to Eight Belles. The filly finished second in the Kentucky Derby and collapsed immediately afterward with compound fractures in both ankles. She had to be put down while still on the track because of the severity of the injuries. Now I am not a veterinarian and I am not an expert on horse racing, but imagine if you will how much heart, desire and determination it took to finish the race, much less come in second place, had either of those ankles been injured during the actual race. That is just incredible when you consider that. I feel pretty certain that the jockey would have known if something would have been physically wrong with the horse as the race progressed and as much as anyone wants to win the Kentucky Derby, the horse in itself is much more valuable than the purse money would be. Now PETA wants to get involved. Well...don't even get me started on that group. The fact that the horse who had run with so much heart had to be put down takes away the luster of one of the great American sporting events. I am proud of the effort. Baseball & softball end near The baseball and softball playoffs are just two weeks from crowning a state champion. There are still area teams vying for the big trophies.
Good luck to those schools and players as they try to continue the stranglehold this area has on athletics.
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