I have to say that I was mightily irritated more than one time during the commute in this morning. People were driving like total idiots--tailgating , DART buses coming over into my lane like the big yellow bullies they are, and people driving the wrong way in the parking garage just so they wouldn't have to go 20 seconds out of their way. I figured that making me believe in the goodness of mankind today was an impossible task. However, it turns out that I was wrong. All it took was reading one article in The New York Times.
During a college softball game between Western Oregon and Central Washington, one of the Western Oregon players hit the very first homerun in her entire life. It should have been a three-run over-the-fence homer, but after failing to touch first base, she had to return to touch the bag. During her turn, her leg buckled underneath her due to a probable torn ACL, and she crawled to the bag in tears. None of her teammates could touch her since that would mean she wouldn't be able to legally advance to the next base. The umpires huddled and determined that the two other runners on base would score but if she was unable to continue, she would only be credited with a single. At that moment, the Central Washington first basemen (baseperson?) asked if it would be alright if she and another Washington teammate carried the other player around and she touched the bases. More conferring from the umpires and it was determined that it was legal. The two Washington players cradled the Oregon player around the bases to score her homerun. Western Oregon won that game and also the next game in the doubleheader, but something tells me that everyone who witnessed that game was the true winner. So classy.
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