THE STORY OF AN ATHLETE'S SINGULAR GESTURE CONTINUES TO - 06.29.09 - SI Vault: The economy was faltering then, in the spring of 2008. Gasoline was $3.56 a gallon. We were five years and 4,000 dead soldiers into Iraq. The story jolted us back to sanity, people said, and restored our faith, and reminded us that goodness and decency and honor still exist.
All it took was an improbable swing by a .153 hitter.
A broken strand of connective tissue.
A situation with no clear precedent.
And an astonishing proposal from a young woman named Mallory.