Thanks so much! The SI story is even greater than the video which had this old man holding back the tears, a little at least. This story is so well written and wonderful. I am sure that it affected our granddaughter, Tobey"s, sportsmanship gesture of this past weekend, which I sent to a great Kentucky basketball friend, Judi Cole:
Great films, Judi!
You know how we love our little 13 year old fastball pitcher, Tobey K.
She was pitching Sunday night in a four girl team at the Grand Slam in Dublin.
She was doing well against some good competition when an opposing batter hit a hard line drive that hit Tobey squarely on her left knee cap. She went down and was obviously hurting. The responsible scorekeeper rushed and obtained an ice bag and Tob was helped off the playing area and onto a bench. The opposing batter came by and apologized. Tobey merely raised a hand to the girl for a high five and said: "Nice hit!" which made the other girl feel much better as evidenced by her grateful smile. Jay related that little side story later to my wife, Jeanie, and it made us even prouder grandparents. The good part is that there appears to be no lasting damage to our Tob.
Sam
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From: judith Cole
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:28 PM
Subject: Sportsmanship
When you have time, please do yourself a favor and watch this film on sportsmanship.
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http://www.responsibilityproject.com/films/player/the-home-run
Carl,
Returning to "sportsmanship" please listen to this story by Bill Gundlah about Frank Litteral of Portsmouth. Bill said:
"Before playing with the B&B loan team, I played with the Hanes Chevrolet team. We happened to be playing B&B during the league schedule. I hit a ball between the right and center fielder. It was in a place that I thought might get a double. I rounded first at full speed and headed for second. It seemed that there would be a close play at second, so I started to slide. Just as I started to go down, Frank Litteral, the B&B shortstop who was covering the base, shouted. 'stay up, no play'. Out of reflex, I tried to stop the slide. This resulted in my stumbling over the base and several steps beyond. The ball was thrown to Frank and he just held it in his glove. Bill Rinehart, the second baseman, told Frank to tag me out. Frank said, 'No, I told him to stay up, and it wouldn't be fair to tag him out.' Now that friends is true sportsmanship. From that point on Frank and I have been good friends."
This was back in the fifties. It is so good that girls like Mallory still are aware of the term.
Thanks again for your feedback, Carl!
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Clark
To: Sam Kegley
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: - - - A Very Unusual Homerun - - - -
Well, it essentially happened that way. Here's the SI article on it, if you didn't see it.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1157051/1/index.htm
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From: Sam Kegley
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:22 PM
Subject: Fw: - - - A Very Unusual Homerun - - - -
Thanks Shovers! My granddaughters will love this.
Sam
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From: M Shover
To: Nancy Hawkins
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 11:31 AM
Subject: Fwd: - - - A Very Unusual Homerun - - - -
--- On Fri, 11/13/09, Paul Kim
From: Paul Kim
- - - THIS IS WHY WE ARE CALLED CIVILIZED & THIS WILL MAKE YOU FEEL A LOT BETTER - - - A VERY UNUSUAL HOMERUN - - -
http://www.responsibilityproject.com/films/player/the-home-run
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