SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 30, 2008 16:46:33 GMT -5
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Post by dajuan on Apr 30, 2008 17:15:20 GMT -5
That's a great story, but pretty preposterous. But maybe I'm too cynical and competitive.
That girl couldn't have hopped around the bases on one foot?
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FewFAC
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Post by FewFAC on Apr 30, 2008 20:09:32 GMT -5
Wow. This would have never happened on the East Coast.
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Post by vcjack on Apr 30, 2008 22:14:32 GMT -5
softball players are big into teamwork and the such. Its common to see mound celebrations after every strikeout, there must be something about the sport that inspires people to be selfless and congradulatory
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Post by hoyasaxact on Apr 30, 2008 23:13:31 GMT -5
That's a great story, but pretty preposterous. But maybe I'm too cynical and competitive. That girl couldn't have hopped around the bases on one foot? Agreed, great story and great sportsmanship, but she couldn't even crawl around the bases like this girl? sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/highschool/news/story?id=3111847 |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2008 9:26:24 GMT -5
Would this EVER happen in a men's sport at ANY level (save, maybe, little league)?
My mother thought this was the coolest thing. Personally, it made me sick.
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Post by Boz on May 1, 2008 11:52:32 GMT -5
Would this EVER happen in a men's sport at ANY level (save, maybe, little league)? My mother thought this was the coolest thing. Personally, it made me sick. According to Brett Favre and Michael Strahan, yes it would. ;D This sounds good and all, but in the end, I don't see a lot of difference between this and the Nykesha Sales incident (except that this was a gesture from the players, and not some back-room deal by a slimy coach). That was technically legal as well, but most people said she didn't deserve to get the scoring title that way. And now a woman wants to be President? Yeah, right! Hey, Vlady Putin ain't gonna help you across those base paths. He's coming spikes up. (easy now, it was just a joke) |
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Post by jgalt on May 1, 2008 17:57:09 GMT -5
Would this EVER happen in a men's sport at ANY level (save, maybe, little league)? My mother thought this was the coolest thing. Personally, it made me sick. the only time i could see it happening would be if it happened at the end of a players career who was like a ripken or farve type player (one who transcends sports) and they had to just finish a game or finish a race to set a record and then end their career. that said i dont think it would ever happen |
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on May 2, 2008 9:32:15 GMT -5
i don't know how to feel about this story. on the one hand yes it's great that they put the feelings of another person and sportsmanship above their season, but it seems pretty perposterous. 1) she proably could'v crawled or hopped around the bases 2) it's stupid that the rules wouldn't let her team help her around the bases either they should be allowed to help or in special circumstances like that it's just a home run don't force them to touch all the bases. the fact that it would've turned into a single if they pitched a runner is crap in my mind. 3) i feel like if this had been real baseball 1) the guy would've dragged himself around hte bases, and if he didn't the other team probably wouldn't have helped him especially if it cost them their season.
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Post by hoyasaxact on May 2, 2008 9:42:50 GMT -5
So apparently, a pinch runner could have just finished running the bases for her, though then I'm not sure if it still counts as a home run or not: "According to page 105, rule 8.5.3.2 of the NCAA softball rule book, 'If an injury to a batter-runner or runner prevents her from proceeding to an awarded base, the ball is dead and the substitution can be made. The substitute must legally touch all awarded or missed bases not previously touched.'" sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/columns/story?columnist=hays_graham&id=3372631&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab4pos1 |
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Post by Elvado on May 2, 2008 11:51:43 GMT -5
Who won the bake-off?
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Post by hifigator on May 2, 2008 14:22:41 GMT -5
That's mean, just mean .... kinda funny though. |
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Post by hifigator on May 2, 2008 14:35:24 GMT -5
If the other team had just walked off the field, wouldn't that have accomplished the same thing? I mean, that was a nice gesture and everything and I'm sure they really didn't think about it too much, but if I didn't know better, I would think that it smells of Hollywood a bit too much. In all seriousness, if the other team wanted to concede the game in that situation, I would think simply leaving the field would have had the same effect, and she could have been treated immediately, rather than risking any further injury by being lugged around the bases. It's a nice story but hindsight says that the same could have been accomplished more easily. Or, worst case, you sub the pinch runner and the other team lets her run around the bases. Gama over.
I remember when I was growing up there was a Spanish tennis player named Manuel Orantes. He had the reputation of being the best sport in the business. If the umpire missed a call in his favor, he would refuse it and give the other player the point. If they wouldn't allow that, then he would intentionally double fault or just stand there while the other player served to give them the point back, essentially playing as the let that it should have been in his mind anyway.
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Post by theexorcist on May 2, 2008 15:07:21 GMT -5
If the other team had just walked off the field, wouldn't that have accomplished the same thing? I mean, that was a nice gesture and everything and I'm sure they really didn't think about it too much, but if I didn't know better, I would think that it smells of Hollywood a bit too much. In all seriousness, if the other team wanted to concede the game in that situation, I would think simply leaving the field would have had the same effect, and she could have been treated immediately, rather than risking any further injury by being lugged around the bases. It's a nice story but hindsight says that the same could have been accomplished more easily. Or, worst case, you sub the pinch runner and the other team lets her run around the bases. Gama over. I remember when I was growing up there was a Spanish tennis player named Manuel Orantes. He had the reputation of being the best sport in the business. If the umpire missed a call in his favor, he would refuse it and give the other player the point. If they wouldn't allow that, then he would intentionally double fault or just stand there while the other player served to give them the point back, essentially playing as the let that it should have been in his mind anyway. Nah. If you do this, you want to give someone the experience of hitting the home run. You hit a home run, you round the bases. |
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Post by RBHoya on May 2, 2008 16:16:06 GMT -5
Wow. This would have never happened on the East Coast. QFT. Stuff like this and the girl from Tennessee are why women's sports are tough to take seriously. It's not like somebody came out of the stands and took out her leg. She just busted it herself. That's what was meant to happen. I think she shoulda gutted it out and crawled around, or stopped at first with a pinch runner taking her spot let the next batter decide it. |
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