From about fifty years ago I can still see the black eye and his running home crying of a neighborhood kid who got hit in the eye from a foul tip during a sandlot game. He was playing catcher, and none of us kids had any kind of protective equipment. Could have happened to any one us among other hazards that kids tried to avoid back in the days. The kid who got hit in the eye had a pretty good shiner for weeks. He survived though without losing his eyesight.
something like this happened to my son when he was about 12... his team mate swung his bat in an area where he was not supposed to.. my son was bending down to pick up his bat, stood up and got whacked in the face... broke his nose... the doctors were most concerned with his eye... it was during practice, and we were at our younger son's game... got the phone call... rushed over to my son and about fainted when i saw his face... he recovered... but it wa awful...
something like this happened to my son when he was about 12... his team mate swung his bat in an area where he was not supposed to.. my son was bending down to pick up his bat, stood up and got whacked in the face... broke his nose... the doctors were most concerned with his eye... it was during practice, and we were at our younger son's game... got the phone call... rushed over to my son and about fainted when i saw his face... he recovered... but it wa awful...