Agreed. When I used to play softball (underhand pitch no less) I was a pitcher. During one game while my team was up to bat my friend hit a line drive straight into the pitcher - it hit the poor girl square between the eyes breaking her glasses in half and breaking her nose. They took her to the hospital and we finished the game. I have to admit I was a little shaken when I went to the mound - but as you pointed out. This is probably the biggest risk when pitching. The reaction time is split-second - easier to get out of the way than attempting to catch a ball like that most times.
I absolutely cannot believe these parents are suing the maker of the bat! As you said, these parents do need to be shamed for their greed. It’s sad what happened to their son, but c’mon.
I’m pretty much speechless right now...
many years ago I was the pitcher on a slow-pitch team. a guy came up to bat and hit a line drive back at my head and I managed to get the glove up and caught the ball not 2 inches from my face. it came back to me as a BULLET. shortly thereafter I gave up pitching and moved to 3rd..my last game as a player was when I was about 65 feet away from the batter and he hit a shot, a bullet, whatever you want to call it, at me that was so fast I had zero reaction time and the ball hit me on the shoulder..didn’t break anything although I was sore for a month, but I figured it was time to hang up the glove..