Just wonderful

[pecunium]

They say that sports are a microcosm of the world. That by watching them we get to see the possible, and that we can be uplifted by that.

Well, they are right.

I am overwhelmed, and to be honest, grateful to the ump who made the wrong call.

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[ltsk.livejournal.com]

I got all teary-eyed. Thank you for posting the link.

I used to hate all sports as a kid, not only because of the jerky jocks and how they were treated by the adults as if they were actually better at everything and not just physical activity, but I was old enough to know what was going on when Len Bias O.D.ed and thereafter thought that all athletes were idiots who ultimately disappointed. It was when my parents making me watch...an unnamed team...*cough*...during the 1998 baseball season that I learned the joy of watching a group of people play as a team. (I really can't watch most basketball still because of the damned grandstanding and focus on individuals rather than the team play. Sports at their best are still about putting the group ahead of self.)

This story, however, is an example the best thing I've found about sports: the chance for people to put aside rivalries and act like gracious human beings.

While I enjoy watching the higher-tension games the old baseball rivalries provide, I absolutely detest the meanness of the fans' behavior (and, unfortunately, some of the players') during these games. They're missing the whole damned point (in my weird unjock mind). Maybe if we could figure out a way to text the link to all sports fans (and players), we'd get less of the jerkiness I'd picked up on as a kid and more of the sportsmanship that these wonderful young women showed.