I'm a sucker when it comes to one of those lump-in-the-throat sports stories.  

Whether it's Knute Rockne and the Fighting Irish, "Brian's Song", or watching my daughter's 12 and Under softball team crawl out of the losers bracket to make it all the way to a tournament final.   If it's about people working hard, doing their best, and never giving up, I want to cheer and reach for the Kleenex.  

Last night I saw a story on the news that prompted me to write this today.   Maybe I'm biased because it happened in a girls' fastpitch softball game (and I loves me some fastpitch softball) but for those of you who haven't heard let me be the first to tell it.

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This wasn't supposed to happen yesterday. We weren't supposed to be talking about this today. Weren't we supposed to be talking about Hillary Clinton dropping out and "Hillary leaving for the good of the party"?

Whoops... I guess the media once again declared Hillary dead before she came roaring back to life. (Follow me after the flip for more on last night's stunner...)

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