OT: Character Counts

OT: Character Counts

Uncommon Decency 565.2 by Michael Josephson:

Last week, Sara Tucholsky, a 5-foot-2-inch softball player in her senior
year for Western Oregon University, was playing in a big game with
Central Washington University. Both teams were vying for the Division II
NCAA playoffs. Sara, who was batting less than .200 all season, hit the
ball over the fence with two runners on.

She had never hit a ball out of the park before, even in practice. She
was so excited, she missed first base. Realizing this, she turned to go
back but collapsed in agony as her knee gave out. Her first-base coach
yelled that she had to crawl back to first base because if anyone on
Sara's team touched her, she'd be out and her home run would be
nullified. Her coach encouraged her to try to crawl around the other
bases to preserve her home run, but it was out of the question.

That's when the star player on the other team, Mallory Holtman, asked
the umpire if she and a teammate could carry Sara around the bases. It
was an unprecedented request from an opponent fighting for a playoff
berth, but the rules allowed it. Without hesitation, Mallory and
shortstop Liz Wallace lifted Sara and carried her, lowering her to touch
each base with her good leg.

To Mallory it was simple: "In the end, it's not about winning and losing
so much; it was about this girl. She hit it over the fence and was in
pain and deserved a home run."

Mallory was right. It's just common decency.

Sadly, such kindness isn't common at all in sports, and that's why all
the coaches, players, and spectators who were stunned by this
spontaneous act of sportsmanship wept. And that's how Mallory became a
national hero.

By the way, her team lost 4-2, but in my eyes, everyone won.

This is Michael Josephson reminding you that character counts.

Re: OT: Character Counts

On Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:39 -0500, Gamma Ray Bursts U
<shoran-56718@nospammomypacks . net > wrote:


>
>To Mallory it was simple: "In the end, it's not about winning and losing
>so much; it was about this girl. She hit it over the fence and was in
>pain and deserved a home run."


Right. Cute story. A Paul Harvey story last week if I'm not mistaken.

Good for them. And this is why womens "sports" just can't be taken seriously.

Kinda reminds me of that old SNL commercial, "Chess For Girls".

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PickrHead wrote:
> On Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:39 -0500, Gamma Ray Bursts U
> <shoran-56718@nospammomypacks . net > wrote:
>
>
>> To Mallory it was simple: "In the end, it's not about winning and losing
>> so much; it was about this girl. She hit it over the fence and was in
>> pain and deserved a home run."
>
>
> Right. Cute story. A Paul Harvey story last week if I'm not mistaken.
>
> Good for them. And this is why womens "sports" just can't be taken seriously.
>
> Kinda reminds me of that old SNL commercial, "Chess For Girls".

& thus you kinda remind me, of Karl Rove.

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On Sun, 11 May 2008 16:17:10 -0500, Gamma Ray Bursts U
<shoran-56718@nospammomypacks . net > wrote:


>
>& thus you kinda remind me, of Karl Rove.


And you kind of remind me of Milli Vanilli.

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PickrHead wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2008 16:17:10 -0500, Gamma Ray Bursts U
> <shoran-56718@nospammomypacks . net > wrote:
>
>
>> & thus you kinda remind me, of Karl Rove.
>
>
> And you kind of remind me of Milli Vanilli.
>
Make that Karl Rove molesting a child.

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On Sun, 11 May 2008 18:57:40 -0500, Gamma Ray Bursts U
<shoran-56718@nospammomypacks . net > wrote:

>PickrHead wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 16:17:10 -0500, Gamma Ray Bursts U
>> <shoran-56718@nospammomypacks . net > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> & thus you kinda remind me, of Karl Rove.
>>
>>
>> And you kind of remind me of Milli Vanilli.
>>
>Make that Karl Rove molesting a child.


Great comeback.

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Yeah, this story got all kinds of mileage.

Great example of sportsmanship and an excellent contrast to the stench
of the winning at all costs mentality.

If you mean by "And this is why womens "sports" just can't be taken
seriously." you prefer the me-ism exhibited by the Randy Moss, Terrell
Owens, Chad Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Barry Bonds, Pete Rose, et al,
then give me the gals any day.

As much as I enjoy watching all kinds of sports by both genders,
women's games exhibit more teamwork, and game before personal adgendas
much better on the whole than men's.

Just sayin.

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Derek wrote:
> Yeah, this story got all kinds of mileage.
>
> Great example of sportsmanship and an excellent contrast to the stench
> of the winning at all costs mentality.
>
> If you mean by "And this is why womens "sports" just can't be taken
> seriously." you prefer the me-ism exhibited by the Randy Moss, Terrell
> Owens, Chad Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Barry Bonds, Pete Rose, et al,
> then give me the gals any day.
>
> As much as I enjoy watching all kinds of sports by both genders,
> women's games exhibit more teamwork, and game before personal adgendas
> much better on the whole than men's.
>
> Just sayin.

Yes- & when a man has daughters he...sees. :-) mvm

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Separately, in the genuinely amusing- (but not intended to be dept):

There's something hilarious about internet posting coward/clowns who
become so obsessively angry with someone, they refer to him as
"owned"...yet they reach the point where *their* every post is of/or
having to do with, the person who's supposedly "owned" ;-)...

Now in the truly funny vids dept., ...

* w w w .youtube . com /watch?v=GSD_twkMuO4

:-) mvm
>
* tinyurl . com /32j32m

Re: OT: Character Counts

On Mon, 12 May 2008 14:52:15 -0500, ?
<shoran-56718/@nonspammomypacks . net > wrote:

>Derek wrote:
>> Yeah, this story got all kinds of mileage.
>>
>> Great example of sportsmanship and an excellent contrast to the stench
>> of the winning at all costs mentality.
>>
>> If you mean by "And this is why womens "sports" just can't be taken
>> seriously." you prefer the me-ism exhibited by the Randy Moss, Terrell
>> Owens, Chad Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Barry Bonds, Pete Rose, et al,
>> then give me the gals any day.
>>
>> As much as I enjoy watching all kinds of sports by both genders,
>> women's games exhibit more teamwork, and game before personal adgendas
>> much better on the whole than men's.
>>
>> Just sayin.
>
>Yes- & when a man has daughters he...sees. :-) mvm
You better not get caught "seeing" or you might go to jail pervie..

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Derek wrote:
> Yeah, this story got all kinds of mileage.
>
> Great example of sportsmanship and an excellent contrast to the stench
> of the winning at all costs mentality.
>
> If you mean by "And this is why womens "sports" just can't be taken
> seriously." you prefer the me-ism exhibited by the Randy Moss, Terrell
> Owens, Chad Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Barry Bonds, Pete Rose, et al,
> then give me the gals any day.
>
> As much as I enjoy watching all kinds of sports by both genders,
> women's games exhibit more teamwork, and game before personal adgendas
> much better on the whole than men's.
>
> Just sayin.

It's all bread and circuses. All of it.

I knew some college ball players when I was in college, and they
permanently destroyed sports for me. All sports. I know; waaaah.
So it goes.

I graduated high school with people who played two
A ratings ( we were 2-A, we played 4-A schools ) over,
*single-platoon* ( same guys, offense and defense) football;
went to district three years, almost state one year. Heart. Those
guys had heart. Had great success ( same guys, too ) in basketball.

I'll take kids sandlot; everything else is bogus.

--
Les Cargill

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"PickrHead" <pickrhead@FOOTFROMMOUTHcox . net > wrote
...

> Good for them. And this is why womens "sports" just can't be taken
> seriously.

Yeah... and why un-steroided atheletes just can't be taken seriously.
Pussies... I want *meat* on my TV!
__
Steve
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