Little League World Series

Today I was trying to nap and turned on the Little League World Series. I do not like baseball so this was perfect for my nap. I ended up watching since they were in the 8th inning, little leaguers only play six innings, and Warner Robbins Georgia was tied with Japan 2-2. The Georgia team had just retired Japan's offense. Their lead off hitter blasted a 230 ft home run to win the game.

As is typical the winners began to celebrate and the losers began to cry. After a few moments of celebration the winning team turned and saw their dejected counterparts. As a team, with no prompting from any adults, they walked over and began hugging and consoling the team that had tried so hard but come up one run short. That is sportsmanship. Play hard, play fair, and win like a champion. So rare these days is the gracious winner; too often we see the stupid end zone dance, or the trash talking boxer, or some other stupid athlete who doesn't understand how fortunate and gifted he/she is.

If you ever saw Barry Sander score a touchdown, and there were a few, you got to see some class every time. When he scored, he walked over and handed the ball to the referee and ran to the sideline. Class act!