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Lyons loses game, wins respect
As a David Lipscomb High School alumnus, I’m plenty happy to see the Mustangs baseball team advance in the state tournament after defeating Dyersburg 3-1 yesterday afternoon. First baseman Tyler Lyons may have lost the game along with the rest of his Dyersburg teammates, but he definitely won my respect with his post-game comments:
Lipscomb took a lead 2-1 in the fifth when Clay Fuson scored on an error moments after being called out at first base to lead off the inning. [Lipscomb Coach Ernie] Smith, who noticed from the third base coaching box that Lyons pulled his foot off the bag stretching for second baseman Bryson Horner’s throw, spoke with both umpires and got them to confer. The home-plate umpire overruled his partner, sent Fuson to first base and put the Mustangs in business.
“I thought they did a good job working together,” Smith said of the umpires. “I figured those (Dyersburg fans) were going to shoot me.”
Said Lyons: “They made the right call switching it back. I definitely came off the bag.”
It would be easy in such a contentious situation to keep on arguing. It takes class to acknowledge the truth, even when it might have cost you a game. Tyler Lyons may or may not be a state champion this year, but he is an honest man. That ought to be worth much more.
Tags: baseball, david lipscomb high school, david lipscomb mustangs, dyersburg high school, integrity, nashville, spring fling, tennessee, tssaa
