An ‘unbelievable' act of sportsmanship.....local girl involved..makes Sportscenter.

[Scott]

An ‘unbelievable' act of sportsmanship.....local girl involved..makes Sportscenter.

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/05/01/sports/sports05.txt

It cost them the game and a playoff spot just to help a girl from another team get the homer she hit.

WOW!!!!

I know Liz and her family. Her brother wrestles for me.

Makes a person believe in the young people these days.

 

[POLZIN]

Cool!

 

[Spud]

thats GREAT!!!!

 

[redlineguy]

I play to WIN!!!



























































































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[Scott]

And people complain that athletics has little value in school.

I guess it was on the national network news too...

Here is a pic...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/apphoto/photo?sportId=3170&photoId=1927124

 

[PCDOC]

Great story!!!

 

[Scott]

A co-worker just sent this email out to us...


"I just an email from Liz. She isn’t going to be on Oprah- yet, but they have already been on ESPN2, local news, and they were mentioned by Katie Couric. Sports Center is going to interview them today and Ellen Degeneres has called, so they might be on Ellen."

 

[Jeff C]

And people complain that athletics has little value in school.

I guess it was on the national network news too...

Here is a pic...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/apphoto/photo?sportId=3170&photoId=1927124

Whoa boy, this one is going to get me in trouble, but I just can't help it sometimes.


I wonder if they were just trying to cop-a-feel? as they were holding her going around the bases....



























Seriously though, that is a great thing those girls did........

 

[AkHockey10]

Nice!

saw it on the news last night.

 

[Wired1]

When I read that the other day I got tears in my eyes. What a classy thing to do.

 

[MTdream]

very cool!!!

 

[eetmisno]

Go Wildcats

My Alma Mater now has three claims to fame; Chimposiums, Jon Kitna and now an act of sportsmanship.

http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/chimposiums.html

http://www.nfl.com/players/jonkitna/profile?id=KIT155733

 

[niner49]

Flame on!

OK I guess I will be the first to question this decision!

Were they nuts?

"Her home run sent Western Oregon to a 4-2 victory, ending Central Washington's chances of winning the conference and advancing to the playoffs."

I think the gesture was great, and the media will eat it up! kind of like the story about the disabled kid they let play basketball in the last game of the year and he hit a bunch of 3-pointers!

But this is college level ball probably the last chance for a lot of girls on both teams at making the playoffs and winning the conference! I sure hope everyone on Central Washingtons team agreed to end thier season this way?

 

[CatWoman]

Great read!!

Excellent story......thanks Scott for sharing that. It is good to see that it's not always about winning. There are other things in life more important, and those gals can be very proud of themselves for what they did!!

 

[SAWYER]

awesome story

 

[Wacky Wally]

OK I guess I will be the first to question this decision!

Were they nuts?

"Her home run sent Western Oregon to a 4-2 victory, ending Central Washington's chances of winning the conference and advancing to the playoffs."

I think the gesture was great, and the media will eat it up! kind of like the story about the disabled kid they let play basketball in the last game of the year and he hit a bunch of 3-pointers!

But this is college level ball probably the last chance for a lot of girls on both teams at making the playoffs and winning the conference! I sure hope everyone on Central Washingtons team agreed to end thier season this way?

Yeah I remember this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTsVzOKqK-k

 

[Ridgerat]

Its on the front page of the Anchorage Daily News this morning too.

 

[beer gut]

OK I guess I will be the first to question this decision!

Were they nuts?

"Her home run sent Western Oregon to a 4-2 victory, ending Central Washington's chances of winning the conference and advancing to the playoffs."

I think the gesture was great, and the media will eat it up! kind of like the story about the disabled kid they let play basketball in the last game of the year and he hit a bunch of 3-pointers!

But this is college level ball probably the last chance for a lot of girls on both teams at making the playoffs and winning the conference! I sure hope everyone on Central Washingtons team agreed to end thier season this way?

It turns out that the coach got a corrected ruling from the NCAA the next day, and she should have been allowed a pinch-runner to round the bases for her anyway. So the outcome wouldn't have changed, the home run would have counted. Still an awesome story of sportswomanship...

 

[Scott]

It turns out that the coach got a corrected ruling from the NCAA the next day, and she should have been allowed a pinch-runner to round the bases for her anyway. So the outcome wouldn't have changed, the home run would have counted. Still an awesome story of sportswomanship...

My understanding is that the pinch runner would still not have completed it as a HR. She would have taken a single and started the next pitch as a runner on first.

Her brother told me a few mins ago that she IS going to be on Oprah and Ellen, and others are still calling. He said she's already got a clip on YouTube from an interview or something.

 

[Summertime Blues]

OK I guess I will be the first to question this decision!

Were they nuts?

"Her home run sent Western Oregon to a 4-2 victory, ending Central Washington's chances of winning the conference and advancing to the playoffs."

It was not a game ending home run. I think it was 0-0 when she hit it and early in the game.