Sportsmanship is still worth more than wins

I didn’t hear about my favorite moment from the weekend until last night. Kevin and I were talking about Jack’s game (I missed the beginning because I was at the fencing tournament with Owen.)

Kevin mentioned that — uncharacteristically — Jack had TWO errors in one inning when he was playing at third. No big deal. He’s an 11-year-old boy who never set foot on third base until this Spring.

What I loved is the second part of the story.

Kevin said that when the inning was over and the team was in the dugout getting ready to bat, Jack went up to the pitcher and apologized to him for making the two errors and making it tough for the pitcher to get out of the inning without giving up a lot of runs.

I think that’s the proudest I’ve been of Jack all season.

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