The shot heard around the world

I' m not sure if anyone would really hear about this moment in college softball unless they actually are interested and watched it. Central Washington and Western Oregon were playing each other at Washington's home field. This was not a very popular game to watch, but it turned into one of the greatest moments in sportsmanship history ever seen. Sarah Tucholsky a player on Western Oregon ended her softball career that day. She had never hit a homerun in her entire softball career, and in that game she hit her first homerun. In the second inning, she steps up to the plate and hits a ball clear over the center field fence. That was probably the highlight of her career. Her teammates came running towards homeplate to wait for her to celebrate. As the runners round the bases and reach home, everyone wonders where Sarah was.
In the midst of Sarah's excitement she missed first base. She turned around to go back to touch it, and collapsed to the ground. She crawled back to first base in extreme pain. It turns out she tore her ACL. The first base coach told her she either has to get up and try to round the bases, or they could put a pinch runner in for her. Putting a pinch runner in would only let the home run count as a single. Her teammates could not help her up or else she would be called out. Mallory Holtmann, a player from Central Washington had an idea. Mallory has more homeruns than anyone in conference history. Liz Wallace and Mallory pick up Sarah and carry her around to each of the bases so she can touch them and complete her homerun.
If that isn't sportsmanship I don't know what is. Two players on the opposing team helping an injured player achieve their goal. That was something no one would ever even dream of seeing in their lives. That moment in sports won an ESPY in 2008 for great sportsmanship. It turns out that the ruling is that you can put a pich runner in for an injured player who has hit a homerun. That was the last at bat of Tucholsky's career, and ti was a very emotional at bat. It had to be one of the most amazing moments in sports I have ever witnessed.
Now, girls and guys games are played very differently. girls do play just as agressively and competitively as men. Women's sports are more played by the rules, and less lenient to things we can do in a game. Mens' sports have turned into a game of athleticism. It has turned into a game of one - on - one, and who can show off their skills better. No offense guys, but do you ever think that you would see something like that in a guys game of baseball. I agree that women should be able to play along to the same rules as men, and women's games should be allowed to have the same level of agressiveness. However, girls have more sportsmanship hands down. I am not saying guys don't have sportsmanship, but when it comes down to it, in a game sportsmanship is not brought out in guys.

If you have not seen this video type Sara Tucholsky in at Youtube. It is a very touching video!