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"We are not going to remember if we won or lost, we are going to remember this kind of stuff that shows the character of our team. "

Yep, sometimes cool things happen. Things that you have seen, or wish you had.

This one is one those times.

Western Oregon's 5-foot-2-inch right fielder came up to bat with two runners on base in the second inning. Sara Tucholsky's game was off to a rough start. A group of about eight guys sitting behind the right field fence had been heckling her.

"They were giving me a pretty hard time," said Tucholsky, a Forest Grove High School graduate. "They were just being boys, trying to get in my head."

At the plate, Tucholsky concentrated on ignoring the wise guys. She took strike one. And then the senior did something she had never done before -- even in batting practice. The career .153 hitter smashed the next pitch over the center field fence for an apparent three-run home run.

Now go and read the whole thing.

Via Jesus' General

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