{"id":12447,"date":"2008-04-30T17:09:37","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T00:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/04\/30\/a-fine-tale.html"},"modified":"2008-04-30T17:09:37","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T00:09:37","slug":"a_fine_tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/04\/30\/a_fine_tale.html","title":{"rendered":"A fine tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, sometimes one actually has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/sports\/oregonian\/index.ssf?\/base\/news\/1209525916199200.xml&amp;coll=7&amp;thispage=1\" target=\"_blank\">a bit of hope for the human race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>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 &#8212; even in batting practice. The career .153 hitter smashed the next pitch over the center field fence for an apparent three-run home run.<\/p>\n<p>The exuberant former high school point guard sprinted to first. As she reached the bag, she looked up to watch the ball clear the fence and missed first base. Six feet past the bag, she stopped abruptly to return and touch it. But something gave in her right knee; she collapsed on the base path.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via fellow softy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boulderdude.com\/2008\/04\/we_are_not_going_to_remember_i.html\" target=\"_blank\">BD<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, sometimes one actually has a bit of hope for the human race. At the plate, Tucholsky concentrated on ignoring the wise guys. She took strike one. 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