| 词条 | Blue Darter Trophy |
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The Blue Darter Trophy is awarded annually to young persons playing in the Lee's Summit Baseball Association[1] and Lee's Summit Girls Softball Association.[2] It is not awarded to baseball and softball players based on skill or athletic ability, but on the basis of their sportsmanship, "hustle," and having a positive attitude. Individual trophies are awarded to one player in each LSBA and LSGSA division.[1] The trophy was conceived of and first awarded in 1971 by James P. Shoot, who was a baseball and softball coach for many years in Lee's Summit. From 1971 until his death in 1998, Coach Shoot personally handed out the trophies to the young recipients, assisted by his wife Gwendolyn.[1] For several years after 1998 Gwendolyn Shoot took over the role as trophy presenter. Today the associations themselves award the trophies to the players. Origins of the nameThe term "blue darter" is a baseball term referring to a low line drive that "speeds viciously through the air, as though it were propelled by a blue gas flame."[3] The term came to be associated with the line drives hit by Shoeless Joe Jackson[4] and was popularized by ballplayer and sportscaster Dizzy Dean.[5] A "blue darter" is also a Midwestern and Southern colloquialism for either a fast hawk[4] or a quick snake darting through a bush.[6] Coach Shoot had previously attempted a business venture to market wooden baseball bats under the brand name "Blue Darter." When that endeavor fizzled, he re-purposed the name to his award for sportsmanship. References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.lsbaseball.com/bluedart.htm|title=LSBA Blue Darter Award}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lsgsa.org/LMS/league.php?cnt_id=2|title=Lee's Summit Girls Softball Association, Rules: Section VII, part E}} 3. ^Whiteford, Mike. How to Talk Baseball. Dembner Books, 1983. {{ISBN|0-934878-21-8}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=afQVWhAm1TEC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=%22blue+darter%22+baseball&source=bl&ots=kRUpzyEUvd&sig=odqEoXpa7XqmWAeLCT4ZGs33atE&hl=en&ei=Qb6-TdPfL9CDtgeWyIjRBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary, via Google Books}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballfarming.com/BaseballLingo-page2.html|title=Baseball Lingo}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nycppl.com/what-is-the-snake-referred-to-in-the-south-as-the-blue-runner.html|title=New York City People|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323124028/http://www.nycppl.com/what-is-the-snake-referred-to-in-the-south-as-the-blue-runner.html|archivedate=2012-03-23|df=}} 6 : Youth baseball|Youth softball|Lee's Summit, Missouri|Baseball trophies and awards in the United States|Softball trophies and awards in the United States|Sportsmanship trophies and awards |
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