16-07-2005 06:02									#1
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050715...ung_player_hurt

quote: Coach Allegedly Paid Player to Hit Boy 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 didn't play, police said. "The coach was very competitive," state police Trooper Thomas B. Broadwater said. "He wanted to win." Downs has an unpublished telephone number and couldn't immediately be reached for comment Friday. It was unclear whether he had an attorney. He was arrested and arraigned Friday on charges including criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault and corruption of minors. He was released from jail on an unsecured bond. The alleged assault happened June 27 in North Union Township, about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, authorities said. The boy's mother asked state police to investigate her son's injuries because she suspected Downs wanted to keep the boy off the field, despite a league rule that required each player to participate in three innings a game, Broadwater said. Eric Forsythe, the president of the R.W. Clark Youth Baseball League, said Downs had two daughters on the T-ball team. League organizers investigated accusations against Downs before the T-ball season ended earlier this month but could not prove that he did anything wrong. If Downs is convicted of any crime, he won't be allowed to be a coach next year, Forsythe said. The league is not affiliated with Little League International.

Fine, fine specimen of humanity you are, Coach Downs.

What the @#$&! is wrong with people?!

	16-07-2005 06:06									#2
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And yet another sad story...this problem occurs numerous times with females playing on "male dominated" sports such as wrestling and football...coaches, no matter how good the female is, just won't let them play...

	16-07-2005 06:17									#3
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Here's another...

Father determined to physically beat any chance of sissy out of his 3-year-old. The boy didn't survive.

	16-07-2005 06:19									#4
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Saw that, thought about posting it.

I mean, seriously, WTF?

	16-07-2005 08:01									#5
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Oh, the irony in that the mans last name is "Downs."

	16-07-2005 08:12									#6
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Oh, the irony in that the mans last name is "Downs."

Dammit, Alanis Morrisette, that's not irony. It's coincidence.

The irony is that the coach himself seems to be a f*cking retard.

	16-07-2005 08:24									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly The irony is that the coach himself seems to be a f*cking retard.

exactly.

	16-07-2005 08:34									#8
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Both of the stories are sickening.

	16-07-2005 08:51									#9
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quote: The coach was very competitive," state police Trooper Thomas B. Broadwater said. "He wanted to win."

No sh*t Einstein!!!



I remember a story where a coach would offer his wife to team to perform oral sex on them when they won, now there's good stimulation. He got thrown in jail as well IIRC.