Great sportsmanship!!!

[TheRogue]

My promise to myself and Ifish is to not post any negative stories or links for the next entire week. I wish others would try it, this would be a happier place!!

Opposing team carries player around the bases.

TR

[Newbs]

Well done Roge. Great story. Great example.

[burnsfactor]

All my years on the ball field I've never seen that! Good job ladies!

Pat

[txaggie]

I heard about this on ESPN yesterday. Both teams were winners that day.

[Sea Jypzee]

Not much more can be said.

[jaxflyfish]

touching story......

[Reel_Big_Fish]

Great story. I wonder if there is video of it?

[Big Unit]

"There's crying in baseball!" -Tom Hanks

But the mascot for WOU is the Wolves. Oh, that's another thread.

Very good story. Sportswomanship at its best!

Thanks Rogue!

BU

[jokester]

Wow...that's great!!

Originally Posted by Big Unit

But the mascot for WOU is the Wolves. Oh, that's another thread.
BU

-jokester

[kelso]

With all the negatives we see and read about in the world, stuff like this sure makes one think that there is hope after all.

[Incredible_Bulk]

Very cool story! Good on them!

[sliverpicker]

Saw that on the news this morning, my hat is off to the Central Washington players.

Maybe MLB could take a few lessons from the college kids.

[PapaHog]

[Thumper]

You're all nuts.

Can I say that?

It is a competitive sport. 2 runs and a ground rule single.

Try it in a male league and see who applauds.

[PapaHog]

I would.

[PIR8 Hook]

Originally Posted by PapaHog

I would.

Me too!

[STGRule]

Me too.

[lake creek charlie]

Its a pc world pretty quick we will all have the same names so were not competing! Good sportmanship doesnt mean throwing the game to make everyone feel better

[TheRogue]

Originally Posted by Thumper

You're all nuts.

Can I say that?

It is a competitive sport. 2 runs and a ground rule single.

Try it in a male league and see who applauds.

Jack needs a hug!!

[StickFish]

Originally Posted by Thumper

You're all nuts.

Can I say that?

It is a competitive sport. 2 runs and a ground rule single.

Try it in a male league and see who applauds.

Amazing show of sportsmanship - I don't care what Jack says.

[STGRule]

Besides Jack, it was a show of sportsmanship, not sport prowess. That is one of the things I've noticed over the years of living next to the baseball field of the high school.

The boys have a very expensive, well lit, fancy dugout, big bleachers, manicured infield, fenced field to play in. The girls have the back of the property backstop, no lights, no bleachers, just plain old field grass field to play on.

The big fancy bleachers have about a dozen people watching young men who drone on in inane field taunts and encouragement. Carrying on complete conversations that consist of almost entirely of 4 letter expletives, urinating on the fence to our property because it is too hard for those athletes to walk up to the bathroom.

Then for the girl's games there are easily over 100 people, mostly whole families with young children all the way to granparents, all cheering and clapping and encouraging. They play hard and competively and with all the sportsmanship you would expect.

Too bad the boys can't replicate some of that.

[xdynamite]

Originally Posted by STGRule

Besides Jack, it was a show of sportsmanship, not sport prowess. That is one of the things I've noticed over the years of living next to the baseball field of the high school.

The boys have a very expensive, well lit, fancy dugout, big bleachers, manicured infield, fenced field to play in. The girls have the back of the property backstop, no lights, no bleachers, just plain old field grass field to play on.

The big fancy bleachers have about a dozen people watching young men who drone on in inane field taunts and encouragement. Carrying on complete conversations that consist of almost entirely of 4 letter expletives, urinating on the fence to our property because it is too hard for those athletes to walk up to the bathroom.

Then for the girl's games there are easily over 100 people, mostly whole families with young children all the way to granparents, all cheering and clapping and encouraging. They play hard and competively and with all the sportsmanship you would expect.

Too bad the boys can't replicate some of that.

You know what STG......your right. I coach my daughters majors softball team (several years now) and help coach my sons Baseball team and I can tell you that is exactly how it goes. Baseball has high priority and probably always will. But we still have a great time, lead by example and play hard.
Everyone wants to win, but not that way. I know the young ladies on our team will see that and think it's cool that the college girls play like that so they will too. Those are the examples that make the most impact on kids these days and I for one think it's great. Teach good sportsmanship at a young age and see what happens?

[No Fences]

That was an awesome, selfless, and uplifting thing those girls did. Too bad there aren't more like them these days.

[Thumper]

It was a competitive tournament-type game. Not a knitting bee.

I wish I could make a guy-type guttural noise right here, but my gutteral noise-maker broke several years ago.

[siletzsal]

So Gutteral that THUMPER!!! Great sportsmanship indeed!

Don
Rule clarification

As one of the umpires involved in the game between Central Washington and Western Oregon confirmed in an e-mail to ESPN.com, the rule in question was misinterpreted on the field after Tucholsky's injury and later clarified by the NCAA.
According to page 105, rule 8.5.3.2 of the NCAA softball rule book, "If an injury to a batter-runner or runner prevents her from proceeding to an awarded base, the ball is dead and the substitution can be made. The substitute must legally touch all awarded or missed bases not previously touched."
-- Graham

[Dave G]

Great story!

[Straydog]

Yes, a great story.

And to think, public education probably had a lot to do with those girls' character........... Who'd a thunk it!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[GraphiteZen]

I'm thinking Jack always got picked last on the sandlot.

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by GraphiteZen

I'm thinking Jack always got picked last on the sandlot.

IT'S TRUE!!!!!

[Thumper]

[nakoa]

Originally Posted by TheRogue

My promise to myself and Ifish is to not post any negative stories or links for the next entire week. I wish others would try it, this would be a happier place!!

Opposing team carries player around the bases.

TR

i was watching the news ( fox 12) this morning and they interviewed the 2 girls from the other team, pretty good story.

[WiskeyJaR]

This made EPSN sportscenter...impressed the folks on there, and they are men from the mens league MLB. Great show of sportsmenship.

[CATCH AND EAT]

It is a neat story and a good example. That said, Jack the grumpy one is right. It is a competitive sport injury or not. However, it is not the pros and it is not macho baseball. Interesting, there have been calls for the firing of the coach of that team since he may have urged his gals to carry her around the bases. Sometimes sports is not just black and white. Sportsmanship is so hard to find these days and this was a great example of that. I like the story. Most likely will be a movie sometime.

[Cat n Tat's Dusky]

Originally Posted by Rob Kaiser

That was an awesome, selfless, and uplifting thing those girls did. Too bad there aren't more like them these days.

Exactly!

Down here in Florida, we get the honor of making the news when the girls hold up the Girl Scouts selling cookies!!!!

[siletzsal]

I like your sense of humor Jack!!! My guess would be that Jack was usually picked first. Sounds like a very competetive guy!!

[fishkisser]

Originally Posted by TheRogue

My promise to myself and Ifish is to not post any negative stories or links for the next entire week. I wish others would try it, this would be a happier place!!
TR

I really try not to be negative also ... Maybe Thumper can step up to the plate for this one also ...

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by fishkisser

I really try not to be negative also ... Maybe Thumper can step up to the plate for this one also ...

Only if you carry me around the base path when I hit the big one!

[fishkisser]

Thumper ... I'll carry you on my hands and knees if you wack one ...

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by fishkisser

Thumper ... I'll carry you on my hands and knees if you wack one ...

I want you to jog.