# coach pays kid to hit disabled teammate- t-ball
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666
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**Created:** [July 15, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666 "2005-07-15T18:26:12Z")
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### Author:  [@CavlrZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CavlrZ)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/1 "2005-07-15T18:26:12Z")
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> “The coach was very competitive,” state police Trooper Thomas B. Broadwater said. “He wanted to win.”
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> Downs has an unpublished telephone number and couldn’t immediately be reached for comment Friday. It was unclear whether he had an attorney.
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> 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.
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> The alleged assault happened June 27 in North Union Township, about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, authorities said.
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> 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.
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> Eric Forsythe, the president of the R.W. Clark Youth Baseball League, said Downs had two daughters on the T-ball team.
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> 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.
[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/07/15/bc.bbo.youngplayerhurt.ap/index.html?cnn=yes](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/07/15/bc.bbo.youngplayerhurt.ap/index.html?cnn=yes)
this just is stupid!! it’s T-BALL!!! it’s not even suppost to be competitive!
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### Author:  [@bobby311](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobby311)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/2 "2005-07-15T18:50:44Z")
holy shit someone actually posted a full article
awesome
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/3 "2005-07-15T18:51:38Z")
[http://pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16991](http://pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16991)
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### Author:  [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/4 "2005-07-15T20:19:37Z")
:kekegay:
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### Author:  [@CavlrZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CavlrZ)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/5 "2005-07-15T20:20:25Z")
> [@Rustang JIM](#):
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> [http://pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16991](http://pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16991)
my article is better anyways :booty:
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### Author:  [@PittsburghSvt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PittsburghSvt)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/6 "2005-07-15T20:52:53Z")
thats awsome
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/7 "2005-07-16T00:11:33Z")
that coach is WAAAY out of line, but depending on the severity of the handicap, the kid probably shouldn’t have been on a regular team.
if he’s a little slow, let him play… but if he’s a windowlicker, someone should find him a hobby he’s better suited for… like hockey.
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/8 "2005-07-16T13:25:10Z")
> [@ShalerPunk](#):
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> that coach is WAAAY out of line, but depending on the severity of the handicap, the kid probably shouldn’t have been on a regular team.
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> if he’s a little slow, let him play… but if he’s a windowlicker, someone should find him a hobby he’s better suited for… like hockey.
or put him somewhere that he cant hurt himself… like behind the wheel of a Suzuki Reno.
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### Author:  [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/9 "2005-07-16T13:26:11Z")
I would have did it for $5
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/10 "2005-07-16T13:27:28Z")
> [@unicorn](#):
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> I would have did it for $5
is this a trait that runs in your family?
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### Author:  [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/11 "2005-07-16T13:28:45Z")
> [@Darkstar](#):
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> is this a trait that runs in your family?
shut your mouth Fagnum P.I.
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/12 "2005-07-16T13:31:16Z")
> [@unicorn](#):
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> shut your mouth Fagnum P.I.
0/10
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/13 "2005-07-16T19:27:55Z")
> [@Darkstar](#):
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> or put him somewhere that he cant hurt himself… like behind the wheel of a Suzuki Reno.
yeah…working a clutch takes some skill… any retard can drive an automatic maxima…
3 pedals \> 2 pedals.
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### Author:  [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/14 "2005-07-16T20:42:39Z")
i’m so proud to be a part of fayette county’s heirtage… including RWClark baseball
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/15 "2005-07-16T21:40:14Z")
> [@ShalerPunk](#):
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> yeah…working a clutch takes some skill… any retard can drive an automatic maxima…
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> 3 pedals \> 2 pedals.
right. Im sure the clutch on that 120hp go kart is a real bitch. AWD DSM w/ ACT 2600 \> suzuki peno
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### Author:  [@CavlrZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CavlrZ)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/16 "2005-07-16T21:41:07Z")
> [@rookee](#):
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> i’m so proud to be a part of fayette county’s heirtage… including RWClark baseball
it’s soo nice to see some real community pride there, hehe :bigthumb:
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### Author:  [@fattyvr6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fattyvr6)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coach-pays-kid-to-hit-disabled-teammate-t-ball/175666/17 "2005-07-18T01:29:08Z")
> [@ShalerPunk](#):
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> if he’s a little slow, let him play… but if he’s a windowlicker, someone should find him a hobby he’s better suited for… like hockey.
eff you, blanyer
hockey \> suzuki reno
GO PENGUINS! NO MORE HOCKEY STRIKE