What sport is all about
Posted: Sunday, August 26, 2007 by Travis Cody inI just watched a great Little League baseball game. Dalton Carriker of Georgia hit a walk off home run in the bottom of the 8th to give the US the championship. As his teammates exploded out of the dugout in joy, the boys from Japan collapsed all over the field in agony.
As a group of boys cried in defeat, another group cried in victory.
And then...the magic of youth sports. The champions went to the defeated and embraced them in sportsmanship. There would be time to celebrate after consoling the boys who came up one run short.
There are no losers in Little League.
Wasn't that a great moment? I really hate baseball, but I can tolerate it when it's kids playing.