| FTBL 'Unbelievable' sportsmanship in game

[TerryP]

PORTLAND, Ore. - With two runners on base and a strike against her, Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University uncorked her best swing and did something she had never done, in high school or college. Her first home run cleared the center-field fence.

But it appeared to be the shortest of dreams come true when she missed first base, started back to tag it and collapsed with a knee injury.

She crawled back to first but could do no more. The first-base coach said she would be called out if her teammates tried to help her. Or, the umpire said, a pinch runner could be called in, and the homer would count as a single.

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[Guest]

Feel good story. I heard this on SportsCenter or some show on ESPN.

 

[Guest]

Awesome display of sportsmanship.

 

[TerryP]

Feel good story. I heard this on SportsCenter or some show on ESPN.

I caught it on Fox and Friends this morning as well...it's making it rounds around different networks and it deserves to be shared.

It's a great story especially considering the girls how helped her around the bases lost the game.

 

[imported_porkchop]

Do you guys remember the one they showed on ESPN a couple of years ago about the autistic kid that was playing high school football?

I don't remember the exact details of the story but basically there was a HS team (seems like from Pennsylvania or somewhere up there) that had one kid with a condition like autism. The kid was on the team and had never seen the field and really couldn't function that well overall with his condition. But the coach had elected to keep him on the team I guess out of respect to the kid, even though he knew he'd never be able to contribute.

In the last game of the season the coach had arranged a deal with the ther HS's coach to let this kid come in and score a touchdown. His team would then give the opposing team a free score as well to make things fair.

Well, the kid comes in and takes the handoff up the middle and goes untouched for a long TD run. It was comical how the opposing defense was flailing and flopping as the kid went by them and it was almost cartoonish, but it was a nice gesture of good sportsmanship and a nice feel-good story.

Probably had to be the highlight of the kid's life to run for that touchdown. You have to admire the kid's heart and the way he stuck with it. Payed off for him in the end.

I'm gonna try and find that link while I'm thinking about it.

 

[imported_porkchop]

Here we go. The kid was from Keller, Texas and had Down Syndrome not autism. Scored a 99-yard touchdown.

See if this link works for ya.

www.nbc5i.com/sports/5126283/detail.html

 

[TerryP]

Great story 'chop, I remember that. It goes along the same lines as a kid with another disability in basketball having his day as well. Do I remember correctly about him hitting several three's in the game?

 

[imported_porkchop]

Yeah I beleive that's right Terry. I might look that up later.

 

[Guest]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1fw1CcxCUgg&feature=related

I thought of that story as well.

 

[aMAZEnFan]

Great moments in sports!!! Makes you feel good about being a fan! Definitely teary-eyed moments to remember for sure!

 

[Colin]

Here we go. The kid was from Keller, Texas and had Down Syndrome not autism. Scored a 99-yard touchdown.

See if this link works for ya.

www.nbc5i.com/sports/5126283/detail.html

that made me tear up, i love that story!

 

[Perdido Tide]

If I remember correctly the kid that hit the threes won some ESPY's and "moment of the year" or something like that.

The softball one is crazy to me because it happened so quickly and wasnt planned out. I am sure the opposing players were not happy at all but they still did it.

Great story.

 

[Guest]

PORTLAND, Ore. - With two runners on base and a strike against her, Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University uncorked her best swing and did something she had never done, in high school or college. Her first home run cleared the center-field fence.

But it appeared to be the shortest of dreams come true when she missed first base, started back to tag it and collapsed with a knee injury.

She crawled back to first but could do no more. The first-base coach said she would be called out if her teammates tried to help her. Or, the umpire said, a pinch runner could be called in, and the homer would count as a single.

LINK

Heard about this on ESPN and it's a incredible story.

 

[Swamptick]

Great story 'chop, I remember that. It goes along the same lines as a kid with another disability in basketball having his day as well. Do I remember correctly about him hitting several three's in the game?

I knew about the autistic kid and the football game. As far as the basketball story, he was a contributing member of the team that year but in an important game, the kid just takes over, BOMBING threes over and over and leading his team to victory.

The footage was great. All three of these are really good stories.