I'm sure a lot of guys will laugh at this...

who think that sports is all about winning and not about sportsmanship anymore...

Opponents carry injured home-run hitter around bases

With two runners on base and a strike against her, Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University uncorked her best swing and did something she had never done, in high school or college. Her first home run cleared the center-field fence.

But it appeared to be the shortest of dreams come true when she missed first base, started back to tag it and collapsed with a knee injury.

She crawled back to first but could do no more. The first-base coach said she would be called out if her teammates tried to help her. Or, the umpire said, a pinch runner could be called in, and the homer would count as a single.

Read the rest of it at the link.

The story below is from 2006, I remember hearing about it at the time:

Canadians hail Norwegian coach's sportsmanship

The outgoing head coach for Norway's cross-country skiers has become something of a national hero in Canada, after he impulsively aided a Canadian competitor who went on to win a silver medal in Tuesday's sprint relay. The Norwegian skiers ended up fourth.

Kids, don't do this at home

"Incident during an ATP Masters tennis match between Mikhail Youzhny and Nicolas Almagro. Youzhny gets angry after at a close call and takes it out on himself."



I didn't really care for the reaction of the crowd....hopefully they gave him a standing O when he returned to the game.

Opening day

Lots of games today...

I'm busy getting my Fantasy games up to speed...I have to attend a virtual draft at 1 pm...

Beat the Streak has already started.... Home Run Derby and MLB Survivor have not yet started, for some reason...

Okay, these guys are wusses

I don't follow hockey so I couldn't tell you their names...



I bet they lost all respect from their teammates. They lost mine! I mean, jeez. Don't make a fool out of yourself like that. Just skate away!

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The Code: Fighting and Retaliation in the MLB and NHL

Serendipity strikes again.

Just a couple of days after Bruce Bowen acted like an a-hole in basketball, and on the same day that I was reminded how brutal hockey is, I come across a couple of new books by an author who talks about the culture of violence and retaliation in baseball and the NHL.

Confusingly, they both have the same title, The Code, but deal with two different sports. The books are written by Ross Bernstein.

Chris Pronger stomps on Ryan Kesler's leg

And on to the upstanding citizens of hockey. (And frankly the crap that goes on in hockey is so much more egregious that it isn't funny, Most of these guys should be in jail.

This happened March 14, 2008. He got an 8 game ban. A similar act by a player from a different team got a 20-game ban a few years ago.



Chris Simon stomps Jarkko Ruutu



And of course this infamous one: Chris Bertuzzi sucker punches Steve Moore - and then drives him face first into the ice, giving him a broken neck.



Interestingly, though there's plenty of video of Markus Näslund at YouTube, there is none that shows Steve Moore's hit on him, which is what caused the retaliation by Chris Bertuzzi - who has returned to hockey after a whole one year suspension.

And to further glorify violence in sport, someone has put together "Best Hockey Hits"


(and the exultant reactions of the people who watched this video and made comments - scary.)

This one is most horrifying of all - for one reason. The referees just stand there and let the two men go at each other. They don't try to separate them...they don't do anything. Why are they even on the ice?