[Mr. Buzzcut]

T-ballers are hurling 100mph these days? Get real, bruises are good for kids. Perhaps the kid needed to learn to pay attention.

I agree that we pussify young boys now but intentionally nailing a kid in the head -- and it needn't be 100 mph to kill him -- is insane.

Hit him with a thrown ball so he won't be hit by a batted one later.

A pre-emptive beaning. That's new!

[Dinsdale]

Nowhere in the story does it say anything about hitting him in the head. That's an invention of the nanny staters on this forum.

Have you seen how t-ballers throw? Could'nt hurt a fly. But could put a cry-baby on the bench (what I suspect was the coaches plan).

Not admirable, not good coaching. But definitly not intentional harm. Six years is crazy.

Getting kids to pay attention is a huge challenge. Some lessons need to be painfull to stick. Noone on this forum knows if that was true for this individual kid. I doubt it. We've only heard one side of this story however.