WOWO!!!!!!!! True Ladies!

jbs when did teenagers pitch in LLWorld series?

good for them.............that story brought a tear to my eye.......

In a world where teenagers pitch in the Little League World Series, a story like this is nice to see.

Must agree Nancy!!

Keep it on top..more need to know about these great kids.

This is soooooooooooo awesome!  THIS is what sportsmanship is supposed to be. I have sent this to all the parents I know who have kids who play sports.  Total cudos to the parents who raised these young women.

I just saw it at MSN.  Amazing women.

This is so AWESOME!! Congrats to the girls on the opposing team as well as the parents who raised them. They could've been snotty little teens and not done a thing. This is great and I'm forwarding this to my niece in Oklahoma, who plays high school softball. Thanks for sharing.

Nancy, I know it made me feel good when I read it.  Hey everyone!  Read this and feel good!

Deb..note that this story has been posted for over an hour and only 17 views.  I guess it's not controversial enough for folks to comment on.

I think the teams showed remarkable sportmanship and, like you, I applaud the parents and coaches.

If only we had more stories like this on which to focus our attention, we'd be singing the praises of our youth rather than worrying that they were going to hell in a hand basket.  Three cheers to the girls, and double that to the parents for raising them so well.

All I can say is BRAVO for reporting something good for once.  We see far too little of the happy news.

What a cheerful way to start a day...my thanks.

It is a sad state the world is in that this kind of tale is newsworthy instead of the norm.

I would have done the same if I was on the fielding team. Really, where is the joy in winning on a technicality? I'd rather be beaten fair than winning and knowing in the back of my head that hey, only won because of that.

People tend to force themselves to win at all costs because society grew the notion that that is the "right way". How much joy do you really get out of it? The pursuit of happyness rings hollow when you always have to chase higher and further and yet you never get there. It is much easier to let go of all that and revert to a natural state. A sense of fairness is pretty inborn in most humans. They tend to supress it because a sense of society is also pretty inborn. We tend to succomb to peer pressure and to the will of the group because that was our way of survival back in the day. What a pity we've managed to tangle ourselves up so badly.

In other news, reading the article ( http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/... ) the participants seemed to "get it". They were just out there having fun. They were laughing while carrying her around the bases ( isn't that just something that girls do naturally? ) and being happy doing the right thing, according to their own words quoted in the article. I think too much gravitas is being assigned to the incident. These people are still young and they haven't been blighted by the dog eat dog world of adult life, where business tries to work you over at every corner and life becomes a fight. They were just having fun and doing what still comes naturally to them.

If I was still teaching I would post this article and show it to every class.

In a time when winning at any cost and using every questionable tactic from intimidation to outright infraction of rules seems to be the norm in sports from the sandlot to the Dome, it is heartening to see the true sportsmanship exibited by these young women.