This was a very cool story my co-worker Chris Parsons shared in one of his recent columns for the Times-Tribune newspaper. It is regarding the Knox County Little League All-Stars who wound up winning the Kentucky State Championship, and competed for a spot in the Little League World Series before their run fell short.
Below is a few lines from Chris' column. You can read the full story here. But I just wanted to share this very neat and inspiring moment from the Knox County All-Stars as they were one strike away from winning the state title...
With two outs and two strikes on the final batter, Knox County, which was playing the field, asked for timeout. When time was granted the infielders gathered around the pitcher’s mound where they’ll usually talk strategy.
As they huddled it looked as though the players were making some sort of mark in the dirt surrounding the mound with their feet.
As play starts back, the final strike of the game is thrown and the team wins the state championship. As the celebration settled down both teams met around the mound for a postgame prayer. It was then the parent discovered that the marks made in the dirt by each of the Knox County infielders were crosses.
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