This kid understands that it's just a game.

[Mosby]

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I'm sure he's as competitive as the rest, but it's refreshing to see this kind of sportsmanship from kids.

Link to tweet

ETA - https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/09/little-league-sportsmanship-pitch-oklahoma-isaiah-jarvis/

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Incredible display of sportsmanship and empathy.

[Skittles]

2. very cool

fine young men

[a kennedy]

3. I just hope the kid who will now have a possible concussion will be ok.

He’s the hero in this whole episode. JMHO.

The pitcher for the Texas East Little League team hung his head, clearly upset after his last pitch hit the 12-year-old Oklahoma batter in the head, knocking off his helmet and leaving him lying in the dirt at home plate.

But Isaiah Jarvis, who at first had gripped his head, soon recovered. He was OK, and the crowd at the Little League Southwest Region championship in Waco, Texas, applauded as he stood up and took first base.
Back on the mound, though, Kaiden Shelton was still shaken. That's when something amazing happened: Isaiah stepped off the bag, walked to the mound and wrapped his arms around the pitcher, letting him know he was all right.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/us/little-league-hug-batter-pitcher/index.html

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Yep. Too bad Dave Portnoy/Barstool Sports didn't think so.

Sportswriter Rick Reilly tore him a new one:

Link to tweet

[Mosby]

5. I saw that.

That kind of hyper competitiveness isn't healthy for kids or anyone. Dave needs some perspective in life.

Some of the comments after the game from WaPo:

Jarvis’s father echoed that goal of using sports to instill positive qualities that his son and others can take away from the diamond.

“I’m a coach myself,” Austin Jarvis said, “and he hears me tell my players all the time that it’s not just about baseball.”

“Being a good person is more important than being a great player,” he added, “and seeing him exemplify that on the field today, and on television — which I didn’t even know it was on TV in that moment — seeing him do that just makes me really proud.”

“What Isaiah did,” Kouplen said, “is what our whole world should be doing right now: loving others, above and beyond our differences. It was truly inspiring.”