I pray this blesses you as much as it did me...

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. - Philippians 2:3

I saw an ESPN story today that brought tears to my eyes. A young softball player hit an out-of-the-park home run for the first and only time in her career, but as she rounded first, she fell down. When she pivoted on her foot, it didn’t pivot with her, and she had injured her knee. The player dragged herself back to first base and lay there in pain, hugging the base.

The ruling on the field was if a substitute runner was named, the home run would be ruled a double. If one of her own teammates touched her to help, she would be called out. So her only home run was about to be taken away.

That’s when two players from the opposing team asked if THEY could help her around the bases. The umpire said that while unheard of, it was not against the rules. The two players picked up their opponent and carried her around the bases and into the waiting arms of her teammates – preserving her home run.

In the process – they had also given up the game, which they lost by a score of 4-2.

Here’s the link so you can see the story yourself:

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3380875

*Have your Kleenex handy!