Police: Coach told player to harm disabled teammate, 8
A T-ball coach allegedly paid one of his players $25 to hurt an 8-year-old mentally disabled teammate so he wouldn’t have to put the boy in the game, police said Friday.Mark R. Downs Jr., 27, of Dunbar, is accused of offering one of his players the money to hit the boy in the head with a baseball, police said. Witnesses told police Downs didn’t want the boy to play in the game because of his disability.
Police said the boy was hit in the head and in the groin with a baseball just before a game, and didn’t play, police said.
“The coach was very competitive,” state police Trooper Thomas B. Broadwater said. “He wanted to win.”
It’s freakin’ T-Ball, for crying out loud (not that there is justification for this sort of behavior at any level of sport).
My word, what gets into people?
h/t: E-mail from Clint at Dixie on my Mind.
LOL! T-ball gets a little crazy these days.
Comment by Jay — Friday, July 15, 2024 @ 9:38 pm
I have a standing rule not to beat up retards for less than $50.
Comment by Leopold Stotch — Friday, July 15, 2024 @ 10:20 pm
Can I volunteer to hit the coach in the head and crotch with a baseball? Actually, given the probable size differential between the kid and the coach, maybe I should use a bowling ball.
You wouldn’t even have to pay me!
Comment by Terry — Saturday, July 16, 2024 @ 8:18 am
Co-Knucklehead of the Day award
We have a feast of Knuckleheads today. Our 2nd winner is Mark R Downs, the manager of a T-ball team. Mr. Downs paid one of the boys on the team $25 dollars to deliberately injure a mentally handicapped boy on the team so he wouldn’t have to be used in…
Trackback by The Florida Masochist — Saturday, July 16, 2024 @ 2:02 pm
And the guy’s name is Down’s?
Comment by Teri — Saturday, July 16, 2024 @ 8:13 pm