[Jabba the Nutt]

It’s very rare, if it you get hit just right in the chest, with a baseball or a fist, it stuns the heart into stopping. It’s tragic, but an unavoidable risk of being a human being. The parents ought to sue God, nature, gaia or Darwin, according to their faith.

[Recon Dad]

When I was young I had a neighbor in Maplewood, NJ who while playing softball in gym class was hit in the chest by a ball struck with a wooden bat and he died on the spot. The kid is lucky to be alive.

[vincentfreeman]

The Little League can recommend that all infielders wear lightweight chest protectors. If quarterbacks can throw wearing a chest/rib protector, so can a pitcher.

Or the parents can chip in and provide their team with a portable defibrillator. Better yet, the players themselves can organize a car wash (or similar) fund raiser for either solution.

But you don't sue the bat maker. Or the ball maker. Or the Little League. Or the park. It's time to start taking personal responsibility, people.