Coach Allegedly Paid Player to Hit Boy

[bluestateguy]

PITTSBURGH - 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 did not play, police said.

"The coach was very competitive," state police Trooper Thomas B. Broadwater said. "He wanted to win."

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[MissB]

1. Nice.

Please don't let this asshole have any more contact with children, disabled or not.

[Mojambo]

2. I have no words

I'd like to take a baseball bat to that coach's head until he's disabled.

[H5N1]

3. What would you do if that were your son?

[Mojambo]

5. See post above yours n/t

[Cha]

22. The cruelty of this guy in the

name of "winning" makes me want to cry..and then I'd sue his ass.

[screembloodymurder]

36. I just might look this guy up.

The world is going crazy.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. That. Is. Despicable. Give me a bucket of balls and a few minutes

with that "coach".

[MadHound]

13. Hell, just give me the damn bat,

Or don't give me anything at all, just five minutes alone with this asshole. I used to work with people with Down's, and they are some of the most loving, trusting, wonderful people on earth. This is just so wrong:grr:

[Cha]

24. On so many

Levels! :grr:

[Cha]

23. Practice, practice,

Practice!

[Bunny]

6. Un-fucking-believable.

That is just too much. I'm speechless.

[Bluebear]

7. And the coach's last name is Downs.

Which means nothing, I just noticed it.

>>"The coach was very competitive," state police Trooper Thomas B. Broadwater said. "He wanted to win."<<

Asshat comment.

What is happening to us?

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. These kids were 8!!

My dad coached high school sports for 40 years. When my own boys were young, he told me to be very careful about little league sports because he had known hundreds of gifted athletes in high school who were already burned out due to poor coaching and bad experiences as little leaguers.

[teenagebambam]

8. There is no Hell hot enough

[CBGLuthier]

9. It's the American Experience

All boiled down into a nutshell.

WIN!!!


WIN!!!!


WIN at any and all costs and fuck everyone and everything that gets in your way.

And these monsters will continue and thrive until the day that good people have had enough and start arranging "fortuitous accidents" to remove those from the earth who had no right to be here.

I am sick to death of reading of these creatures and knowing they will never face a sufficent punishment.

[faithnotgreed]

16. spot on. all i can add to that is that same american experience

that is creating these monsters are also thereby killing beautiful spirits

how repulsive and devastating for these children - and their parents.

hugs for everyone who has suffered so needlessly

[greyl]

19. I see that too.

Is it "top --> down" or "bottom --> up", though?

Is our current admin evidence that our history as a Country has the coach's ilk as and ingredient, or is the coach a result of our more current USA myth?

[Pushed To The Left]

29. Exactly!! "Winning is everything"

This is what happens in a society where winning is everything, and those that lose are treated poorly. There is nothing wrong with wanting to win, but sometimes our society puts more importance on winning than how the game is played.

[Deja Q]

10. How very republican of him. At least it wasn't his HEAD being the target,

and I know firsthand that's a lot more painful.

ompetitiveness. Your world. Thank you.

[MrSlayer]

11. That's just fucking crazy.

It's a friggin tee ball league, half the kids are chasing butterflies in the outfield and couldn't care less about the game. This guy should be behind bars and never allowed to coach kids again.

[okieinpain]

12. christian, christian.....

[greyl]

17. "christian, christian" - What do you mean by that? nt

[okieinpain]

21. betcha 5 bucks, he goes to church every sunday, and goes to

wednesday bible study.

[11 Bravo]

26. Nice. Tar all Christians with the actions of one unbelievable asshole.

I love DU, but there are people here who just plain piss me off.

[ret5hd]

30. i think it's more a matter of saying almost all american assholes...

call themselves christian.

on edit: AND the bigger the asshole...the more christian he usually is.

[okieinpain]

32. thanks, i guess I should be more... damn what's the word.

[ret5hd]

35. uhhhmmm..."perceptive"?

[okieinpain]

31. I'm sorry, I was implying all christians, just that I bet he goes around

calling himself a christian.

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. How disgusting

Was the kid seriously hurt?

[greyl]

18. Should be eligible for the Top 10 Conservative Idiots next week nt

[greyl]

20. Better HL> Police: Coach paid kid to hurt disabled teammate

Too bad.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/07/15/bc.bbo.youngplayerhurt.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

'He wanted to win'
Police: Coach paid kid to hurt disabled teammate

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- 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.

[lateo]

25. What a sick fucker.

[sakabatou]

27. Let's see how he likes being hit with a bat.

Perferebly a metal one with big spikes coming out of it. ;)

[ulysses]

28. our children sure as hell is learning something.

:mad:

[Botany]

33. I coached T ball

We did not even keep score.

It was about making sure the kids had fun.

Asshole!

[Blue_Tires]

34. win at any cost.....how american of him

anyone remember the good ol' days when we got kids into sports so they could learn life skills about practice, improving yourself, teamwork, inclusiveness, being a good winner/loser, etc etc?

[WinkyDink]

37. I think no punishment

would be enough.

[KamaAina]

38. And people wonder why disability needs to be covered under hate crime laws

in most places, it's not. And there are plenty of attacks on peopole with disabilities, because of their disability, all the time. Just not usually against an 8-year-old on a i]sandlot ball field. :grr: :banghead: :nuke: