A Misconception of Sportsmanship

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A Misconception of Sportsmanship
With Leather - The official sports gossip blog ... found this 5/1/2008 on www.east-coast-bias.com [flag]
My mother sent me this story, finding it inspirational. I think it's ridiculous. Here's the short version, courtesy of NBC Sports . A Western Oregon University softball player hit a three-run homer, giving her team the lead against Central Washington. Rounding first, she had a freak knee injury. If she doesn't cross the plate, her run doesn't count. Her choices were to be called out or to stop ... [link]

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SAINT ANDREW'S NET: HOME RUN!
Published 5/1/2008 at With Leather - The official sports gossip blog for attractive people
... of St. Polycarp. Or you could just drink a fifth of whiskey and contemplate a shamrock. Bugs & Cranks lists 20 things you'll never hear at Shea Stadium.  #21. That '86 squad sure had a bunch of straight arrows. Shutdown Corner pens an ode for Mel Kiper and his cohorts.  We had to memorize all 265 popes in grammar school. And the nun who taught us looked strangely like Mel Kiper. Coincidence?         East Coast Bias analyzes a misconception of sportsmanship ...

Softball Player Hits Home Run, Injures Knee, Opponents Carry Her Around Bases
Published 5/1/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... Central Washington players are getting almost universal praise for a show of sportsmanship, but there are some contrary points raised about the incident as well. John Canzano of The Oregonian writes: If we're being real, we should all acknowledge that if this were a men's game, at any level, on any field, what we'd have is a pinch runner at first base and nobody thinking twice about what a tough break it was for the batter. J-Red of East Coast Bias writes: Could you EVER imagine this happening in a men's game at the college ...