We've had a repeat incident of one of the most heart-warming sports moments of the last decade.
Maybe not as much attention as the one six years ago (and it turned out to be exactly six years ago), but, especially after all the Donald Sterling bullshit in the last few days, we need this:
ESPNW, the womens' sports division of the ESPN.com website, reported that the situation took place in Florida, in a Division II game between Florida Southern College and Eckard College.
It would end both teams' seasons, since neither was heading to the playoffs.
However, the first game was marred with a significant injury to the knee of Kara Oberer of Eckard (diving for a grounder, she jammed her knee into the area between infield and outfield, locking it).
Softball does allow for re-entry after being removed from the game, so, Oberer being the best hitter Eckard has, the coach asked her to face a very good Florida Southern pitcher in the last inning, down a run with two on.
Oberer jacked a three-run home run to not only win the game, but also to clinch the first winning season in Eckard's history -- 30 years of it.
There was only one problem. Oberer couldn't move much at all, and someone (the rule was changed after the original incident six years ago, to allow a substitute to touch all awarded bases in such situations -- but the players in Florida never thought of that rule) had to touch them all.
So, first two, then three, and then it appears a fourth player aided in doing this...
Just like six years ago, when a stricken home-run hitter (a Western Oregon player named Sara Tucholsky who'd only never hit a home run in four years at the university) was aided around the bases by members of the Central Washington team, Oberer was aided around the bases because she hit the home run and deserved credit for it.
Especially on a day like today, when racism and bigotry run rampant in sports, maybe we need this every once in a while...
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