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Old 05-28-2010, 08:56 AM   #1
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GREAT story.

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This was the first softball game in Marshall history. A middle school trying to move up to include grades 6 through 12, Marshall showed up to the game with five balls, two bats, no helmets, no sliding pads, no cleats, 16 players who'd never played before, and a coach who'd never even seen a game.

One Marshall player asked, "Which one is first base?" Another: "How do I hold this bat?" They didn't know where to stand in the batter's box. Their coaches had to be shown where the first- and third-base coaching boxes were.

That's when Roncalli did something crazy. It offered to forfeit.

Yes, a team that hadn't lost a game in 2½ years, a team that was going to win in a landslide purposely offered to declare defeat. Why? Because Roncalli wanted to spend the two hours teaching the Marshall girls how to get better, not how to get humiliated.

Unreal.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5218228
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Old 05-28-2010, 12:03 PM   #2
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Sports Illustrated took a dive in quality article content when Rick left......thanks, good read.
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Old 05-28-2010, 12:21 PM   #3
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Another Rick Reilly fan here -- neat story.

However, I have to ask... why would you even field a team with "16 players who'd never played before, and a coach who'd never even seen a game" It's situations like this where the score ends up 142-0 and nobody ends up a winner. Good to hear this one had a happy ending
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Good story. If only instances like this happened more often than not.
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Another Rick Reilly fan here -- neat story.

However, I have to ask... why would you even field a team with "16 players who'd never played before, and a coach who'd never even seen a game" It's situations like this where the score ends up 142-0 and nobody ends up a winner. Good to hear this one had a happy ending
I don't know, maybe someone in TO or Edmonton can answer that.
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