Compassion shown by Mounds View high school pitcher is sportsmanship at its very best

[KenH]

This is so wonderful.

"When is the last time you saw an athlete, at any level, clinch a championship and instead of celebrating immediately goes to show respect for the opposing team?

It happened Wednesday night in a Minnesota high school baseball game, the section championship game between top seed Totino-Grace and Mounds View."

Video: Compassion from Mounds View pitcher is sportsmanship at its best

 

[carpro]

"But there's a story behind this act of tremendous sportsmanship, the pair are old friends and have known each other since childhood."


He went to console his friend.

What would he have done if he had no friends on the opposing team?

The same? Now, that would have been a story!

 

[Salty]

If I read the story correct - they both top teams -
I have always said that wen you get to a championship game -
The losing team had to be very good to get to that point.

So it's not that one team played poorly - the winning team was just better.