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Softball Players Demonstrate It’s How You Play the Game
Posted in Role model on the May 9, 2008
Today’s political leaders could learn a lot from the members of the Central Washington University’s Women’s Softball Team. The Wildcats were one game behind Western Oregon to proceed to the NCAA’s Division II playoff.
Western Oregon was up. There were two women on base and their right fielder, Sara Tucholsky, came to the plate. She swung at the first ball for a strike and then she swung at the second ball to hit the ball over the center field fence. Her very first home run.
She ran to first and looked up to see the ball clear the fence and missed tagging the base. Overrunning the base about six feet, she stopped to turn and run back when her knee gave out. She crawled back to first base. If anyone on her team touched her, she would be out.
Her coach ran on to the field to talk with the umpire. It was explained that a substitute runner could be put in for her and she would be credited with 2 RBIs but her home run would be stricken.
That’s when Mallory Holtman of Central Washington asked if she and her teammates could carry the player around the bases. The umpire said there was no rule preventing them from assisting the injured player. Holtman and two teammates carried the right fielder around the bases lowering her slightly to enable her to tag each base.
Here is a link to the full story written by Brian Meehan of The Oregonian – http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1209525916199200.xml&coll=7
It’s not about whether you win or lose, it really is about how you play the game. Holtman and Central Washington lost that game but they assisted a fellow player run her first and only home run.