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By Associated Press
MONMOUTH, Ore. (AP) - A senior with a .153 career batting average hits her first home run, a three-run blast, to help Western Oregon move closer to a spot in the NCAA's Division II softball playoffs.

That was improbable.

To 70-year-old Central Washington coach Gary Frederick, what happened next was "unbelievable."

Sara Tucholsky, the 5-foot-2-inch right fielder, sprinted to first as the ball cleared the center field fence Saturday in Ellensburg, Wash. Given that she had never hit a ball out of the park, even in practice, she was excited. So excited she missed first base.

A couple yards past the bag, she stopped to go back and touch it. But she collapsed with a knee injury.

"I was in a lot of pain," she told The Oregonian newspaper on Tuesday. "Our first-base coach was telling me I had to crawl back to first base. 'I can't touch you,' she said, 'or you'll be out. I can't help you."'

Despite the agony, Tucholsky crawled back to first.

Western Oregon coach Pam Knox ran onto the field and talked to the umpires. The umpires said the coach could place a substitute runner at first. Tucholsky would be credited with a single.

"The umpires said a player cannot be assisted by their team around the bases," Knox said. "But it is her only home run in four years. She is going to kill me if we sub and take it away. But at same time I was concerned for her. I didn't know what to do."

An opponent did.

Central Washington first baseman Mallory Holtman, the all-time home run leader in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, asked the umpire if she and her teammates could carry Tucholsky around the bases.

The umpires said nothing in the rule book precluded help from the opposition.

Holtman and shortstop Liz Wallace lifted Tucholsky and resumed the home-run walk, stopping to let Tucholsky touch the bases with her good leg.

"We started laughing when we touched second base," Holtman said. "I said, 'I wonder what this must look like to other people."'

Holtman got her answer when they arrived at home plate. Many people were in tears.

The second-inning homer sent Western Oregon on its way to a 4-2 victory, ending Central Washington's chances of winning the conference and advancing to the playoffs.

"In the end, it is not about winning and losing so much," Holtman said. "It was about this girl. She hit it over the fence and was in pain and she deserved a home run."

Frederick, the Central Washington coach, said he later got a clarification from an umpiring supervisor, who said NCAA rules allow a substitute to run for a player who is injured after a home run.

The clarification doesn't matter to those who witnessed the act of sportsmanship.

"Those girls did something awesome to help me get my first home run," Tucholsky said. "It makes you look at athletes in a different way. It is not always all about winning but rather helping someone in a situation like that."

Directions... Hold phone with left hand. Extend all fingers on right hand. Put right hand as far to the right as you can. Rapidly move it to the left... and back to the right rapidly. Striking your face with both sides of your hand. If done effectively we are even for that dumb message you sent me. If not repeat.

So I sold Sheryl last night. She was in really bad shape and kept on breaking down. I sold her to a friend, and he's going to turn her into a race car. :)

I miss my baby but I know she going to be happy, in her new home.... It's like I gave a way a dog or something.

I went and saw Barak Obama yesterday. It was a blast, except for the whole White Supremacist Protesters part. Everyone was joking about it saying, "I've never seen you so scared before." But to be honest I was scared, very scared. I don't think I ever thought about it, but it sucks that people hate you for something that you don't have control over. In the end I guess you just kind of have to say whatever, and get over it. But it's still a scary thought, it just makes you feel, a little unsafe.

Something has to be done. Who got around and told all the old people that hands free blue tooth ear bug thing-ies are cool? I don't know how many times I've had to do a double take because people are standing in the middle of the airport/mall/parking lot talking to themselves like a crazy person.

Honestly it's starting to creep me out.

If i ruled the world, blue tooth hands free ear bug things would be illegal on the grounds that it turns a perfectly normal person into someone who yells at themselves in the middle of a Wal-Mart parking lot.

My name is Claire and I never blog.

Boise, Reno, Las Vages and Salt Lake have free Wifi. Oakland, Ontario, LAX and San Jose don't. What does that say about the California? And what does that say about how much I fly?

THE SPICE GIRLS REUNION TOUR!!!



December 8th in Los Angeles!!! I am so excited. I am sooooooo going with or without you people but if you want to come you are so invited!!

I arrive at Ontario International Airport at 5:30pm PST on Monday July 16th. I will be in SoCal for an unknown amount of time. All I know is that I will be back in Boise in time for the Rodeo. (Late August) Yes! The Rodeo! Stop making that face.

I didn't know this until after but, John the Baptist lead the way to Jesus. So there I am in the art museum looking at medieval art for my history class wondering why John is always pointing at Jesus as if to say, "I'm with Jesus."

So I started thinking, maybe Heaven was a really cool dance club and John knew that he couldn't get in by himself. So he feels the need to tell everyone in the club that he's with Jesus. So that way no one would forget and he won't get kicked out of the club. Yeah... I guess they both work, but John the Baptist leads the way to Jesus is more Medieval and what not.

"350 Calories!! In one cookie?!? That's Crazy! That's like as many calories as is in 1/4 of that bag of M&M I just ate."
-My roommate, who just said...

"Don't put my name on that! I don't want people to know that I just ate a whole bag of M&M's."

I can't express in words how bad my Sax Jury went yesterday. It was the bomb to end all bombs... Dr. Belfy said, "When are you going home?...You're not? Ok good. We'll talk." and Sandon said, "That was worse then I knew you were capable of."

I am so embarrassed/disapointed/sad/et cetera. The worst part was, I had just played it before and it wasn't that bad at all. I know there's a lesson here, but I am not in the mood to look for it right now. I am going to wallow in self pitty for a few more days and then I'll work on learning life lessons. :(

I would like to introduce you all to the new LOVE MY MY LIFE! She get's all my money, time and energy. WIth out her I wouldn't get anywhere....

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Aliens landed in LA on tookover the mind's of average normal everyday people. Unfortuantly Coach Daddy was one of those people. He's now a pod person, that's why he is acting so nice.

...Yep that's the only logical explanation.

I've turned to the dark side... well more like the green side.

I'm not a vegetarian, I just aggressivly avoid eating meat now.

I love it, I sleep better, I have more energy and I just feel better over all. And the best thing is it's not that hard, and most people haven't even noticed.

You can see my house from there...

drove with shoes on. For those of you who know me, this was a big step. And Yess they were cute shoes.

Ok so you know when you are really bored there is nothing to watch on Cable TV, and you see those teacher's teaching a class on channel 18 or whatever. Well I am in one of those classes!!

* My class is in a TV studio.
* I only have to go to class, on Monday's for a quiz.
* I can watch my class on TV on Online, when I don't go into class.
* 70% of the class grade is Quizes.
* 30% is the final, a essay final and the teacher has already given us the questions.

I am so glad because this was the only class that I was scared about.

Me: You know there is more then one way to skin a cat.

Rachael: Well... In biology class they were pre-dipped in this solution an--

Grandpa Steve: HEY!! I dont want to hear any more of that. You know that phrase has nothing to do with a real cat.