Incredible Softball Tale The Stuff Of Sports Movies

The phantom sports blogger is on the attack again, but I come offering a story that should warm just about anybody’s soul.

As a fan of sports movies, I often get both a warm fuzzy and a cringe at seeing some of the seemingly implausible endings.

Tom Berenger’s bunt at the end of “Major League” comes to mind, although I realize I’m not citing one of the masterpieces of sports cinema. A classic, yes, but the tale of the Indians wasn’t on par with “The Natural,” “Field of Dreams” or many other baseball tales.

But, I suspect you get the point.

And for the record, two of my favorite sports movie endings culminate with defeat — that of “Rocky” and the underrated “Mystery, Alaska.”

However, ESPN.com’s Graham Hays tells a tale between two college softball teams that is beyond anything scriptable. Western Oregon’s Sara Tucholsky hits the first and surely only homer of her college career only to tear her ACL rounding first.

By rule, if she couldn’t round the bases, she would have to stay at first, being credited with a single and certainly be replaced by a pinch runner.

However, two players from the opposing club, Central Washington, carry her around the bases to a standing ovation.

I highly encourage you to read the entire story by clicking here.

At once, it reminds everyone that no individual is bigger than the sport played while at the same time underscoring just how cool college sports can be.

This never, ever would have happened in a pro sport.

And if this had been the ending to a movie, I never would have believed it.