Over a wet (from tears) keyboard

[Mike Poore]

Here, look at this. Are these great kids, or what. :2thumbs:
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3380875

[SC Cheesehead]

Here, look at this. Are these great kids, or what. :2thumbs:
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3380875

Mike,

All I can say is, WOW!

Thanks for sharing!

SCCH

[ckadiddle]

Shows that there are still a few good kids out there. :) There is hope for the future after all.

[rayjay]

Very moving, thanks for the post.

[Dr Caleb]

*sniff*

:up: :up:

[gja]

This is precisely the type of act I think of when one speaks of "strength of character". It displays, clearly, that to care for each other enough to defer a selfish gain and instead to do that which is difficult and not likely to benefit ones self.

This behavior is the mark of those who will surely do well in their lives, as excellence is not a goal, but a habit, most often possessed by those with integrity, morality, decency and benevolence.

[03blackvegas]

Where's my tissues when I need them.

[TiTo35]

It took me a few days to actually watch the video, but when I did it was well worth it. I am glad to see kids are still kids, because some adult lose their character with age. I said SOME. That was a very very excellent display of sportsman/womanship and damnit I need tissue too. Good job ladies!!!

[dpotter]

That's awesome, thanks for posting the link.

[sailsmen]

Great story.

Personally I would have crawled around the bases. How do I know, because many a time I crawled after practise until one day my mother saw me crawling and brought me to get an xray, cracked tibia, ended my season.:(

When you really want it you do not feel the pain.

[Aren Jay]

So am I the only one who thinks it is stupid. One have a rule that if you break your leg you can't be helped by your team. Two, that the other team would pick up an injured person and carry her around the bases touching each one of them. Three, that winning means so much that an injury is considered an act of failure.

So much for playing for the fun of the game.

So much for caring enough about someone who gets hurt that everyone just stands around doing nothing to help an injured friend. Who cares if she can't run her homerun, it is just a meaningless game.

[HiHo]

So am I the only one who thinks it is stupid. One have a rule that if you break your leg you can't be helped by your team. Two, that the other team would pick up an injured person and carry her around the bases touching each one of them. Three, that winning means so much that an injury is considered an act of failure.

So much for playing for the fun of the game.

So much for caring enough about someone who gets hurt that everyone just stands around doing nothing to help an injured friend. Who cares if she can't run her homerun, it is just a meaningless game.


Wow.... that is really a sad outlook you have on this.

I suppose concepts like sportsmanship, character, patriotism, teamwork are foreign to many as are moving displays of same. Thanks, Diabolical, for reminding us that there are many out there that just don't get it.

[sailsmen]

"One" -This rule in baseball has been in effect and anyone who plays baseball knows it. It's not any smarter or "stupid" then the rules found in many other games.

"Two" - Helping a fellow athlete is not stupid.

"Three" - Winning doesn't mean that much thats why they helped out an athelete on the other team.

People did help, they carried her around the bases. Baseball like all games is meaningless. What is meaningful is how you play the game.

Personally, I would not have accepted help, but thats me and it does not change the fact that how they played the game is more important than the game.

As far as "stupid" and "meaninless" there is more in that story that is meaningful than 95% of athing ever posted on this board.




Tell us what you think of this;
SHAY'S HOMERUN
People always say how mean kids can be, never how nice they can be.
This story will either make you cry, give you cold chills or just leave you cold, but it puts life into perspective!

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the school's students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all that attended.

After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question.
"Everything God does is done with perfection. Yet, my son Shay cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do.

Where is God's plan reflected in my son?" The audience was stilled by the query. The father continued. "I believe," the father answered, "that when God brings a child like Shay into the world, an opportunity to realize the Divine Plan presents itself and it comes in the way people treat that child."

Then, he told the following story:
Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they will let me play?"
Shay's father knew that the boys would not want him on their team. But the father understood that if his son were allowed to play it would give him much-needed sense of belonging.

Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said, "We are losing by six runs, and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning."

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. At the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the outfield. Although no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base. Shay was scheduled to be the next at-bat. Would the team actually let Shay bat at this juncture and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat.

Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball. However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be able to make contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher.

The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have ended the game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right field, far beyond reach of the first baseman.

Everyone started yelling, "Shay, run to first, run to first." Never in his life had Shay ever made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, "run to second, run to second!" By the time Shay was rounding first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman for a tag. But the right fielder understood what the pitcher's intentions had been, so he threw the ball high and far over the third baseman's head. Shay ran towards second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases towards home.

As Shay reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "run to third!" As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams were screaming, "Shay! Run home!"

Shay ran home, stepped on home plate and was cheered as the hero for hitting a "grand slam" and winning the game for his team.

"That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of the Divine Plan into this world."