Few things get me misty eyed, but I couldn’t even get through the opening paragraphs of George Vecsey’s column today, about the compassion of opponents at a women’s college softball game.
As you will read, Sara Tucholsky, a Western Oregon senior with a four-year batting average way south of .200 had a dream come true when she launched a pitch over the fence for the only home run of her college career — and promptly hurt herself on the basepaths. Rules dictate that she would be called out if aided by a teammate and that if she could not continue, the hit would be a two-run single. But Mallory Holtman, the first baseman for the Central Washington team, asked the umpires if it would be okay if she and a teammate carried Tucholsky.
The umpires huddled and said it would be legal, so Holtman and the … shortstop, Liz Wallace, lifted Tucholsky, hands crossed under her, and carried her to second base, and gently lowered her so she could touch the base. Then Holtman and Wallace started to giggle, and so did Tucholsky, through her tears, and the three of them continued this odd procession to third base and home to a standing ovation.
Vecsey notes he learned about the story from other sources, so I’m linking to the ESPN article.
In the words of that great philosopher Tony Kornheiser, “how great is that?”
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Quoting Tony is becoming the modern version of quoting Casey Stengel. There usually is a quote to fit the circumstance.
Thanks for caring about a nice moment that others made happen and I merely presented.
GV
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