Batboy, 9, Dies After Being Struck by Warmup Swing During Baseball Game in Kansas

KTLA ^ | August 3, 2015 | CNN Wire

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I think it would bother me less if the kid was either doing something he should not have been, or been in an area he shouldn’t have been.

In this case if he was just on the field doing work, it would bother me more.

You might think so. But even if he shouldn’t have been there, big kids - even schoolboys, say nothing of college men, are trained to be responsible for what happens to a little kid “on their watch.”

[Hot Tabasco]

Also pray for the ball player who was swinging the bat. I'm sure it was accidental and he probably never even saw the kid. But he's going to live with the guilt and shame for the rest of his life.

You're right about that......I had a friend back in the 70's who was backing his car out of his driveway and ran over a little neighbor child that had gotten behind his car and was unable to be observed in any of the rear view mirrors. He was never the same........

[Hot Tabasco]

You might think so.... are trained to be responsible for what happens to a little kid “on their watch.”

You know, I love your "Compassion".

If the world were perfect and everyone followed your actions, the word "ACCIDENT" could be the very first word ever removed from the dictionary..........

It must be wonderful to be in the position you are in, a spectator on life events, and able to make such incisive criticism..........

[Secret Agent Man]

Are they trained?

Accidents will always happen, even with training. It is worse when you do or believe you contributed to it.

Doctors and nurses make mistakes all the time - iatrogenic deaths - that result in patients’ deaths, they have to not let it destroy them even though they may realize they caused it.

[dfwgator]

Get your hankies out for this one....I haven’t been so upset over something in quite some time, it’s just so sad and tragic.

Little Sister Throws Out First Pitch at First Game Since the Accident.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3186054/Emotional-moment-dead-bat-boy-s-little-sister-throws-ceremonial-pitch-baseball-team-s-game-nine-year-old-died-strike-head-practice-swing.html

(You’ll see why I didn’t go by DM’s title, I thought it was very poorly written)

[Jim Noble]

I managed LL for seven years, and I was always afraid of the on-deck circle.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

In the league that I played in growing up (and then coached), fields where I played growing up (and then coached), a coach was always positioned at the end of the dugout that was adjacent to the on-deck circle. Anyone trying to go from the dugout to the on-deck area while someone was already taking swings would get an earful from the coach.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Man. That picture of her on her father’s shoulders.....

[dfwgator]

I cannot begin to imagine the pain the father is going through.

[DoodleDawg]

Is Liberal the name of a town?

Name of a town. If you think that's bad how about living in Peculiar, Mo.?