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BASEBALL SAMARITANISM!!!!

"Softball Player Hits Home Run, Injures Knee, Opponents Carry Her Around Bases

Posted May 1st 2008 8:31AM by Michael David Smith
Filed under: College Sports, Women's Sports

Here's the brief story of Western Oregon College softball player Sara Tucholsky, who hit the ball out of the park against Central Washington but tore a knee ligament while rounding first base. It's not a home run unless she makes it home, and she couldn't walk, so two Central Washington players carried her around the bases:



The Central Washington players are getting almost universal praise for a show of sportsmanship, but there are some contrary points raised about the incident as well. John Canzano of The Oregonian writes:

If we're being real, we should all acknowledge that if this were a men's game, at any level, on any field, what we'd have is a pinch runner at first base and nobody thinking twice about what a tough break it was for the batter.

J-Red of East Coast Bias writes:

Could you EVER imagine this happening in a men's game at the college level or above? If Wes Welker, generally considered a good guy, were streaking down the sideline with no one able to catch him, but he trips and falls or catches a cleat, could you imagine an NFL player explaining after the game that he didn't touch him down because he "deserved" the touchdown?

I'm not completely convinced that this couldn't happen in a men's competition, but I am in agreement that this really isn't the "great sportsmanship" that it's being labeled on all the morning news shows that are featuring it today. Sportsmanship is about playing by the rules, being humble in victory and being gracious in defeat. It's not about helping your opponent beat you.

UPDATE: As commenters have pointed out, Western Oregon could have simply put in a pinch runner and the whole thing never would have happened.Comments [34]"

WOW!

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THAT?

HOW DID THAT HAPPENED?

AM I?

SAMARITAN?