One other thing, Mr. Kangaroo, did ya see the size of that little boy? Why in hell would big old adult Dad need to use a GD belt on kid that size?
It was obvious the neighbor was watching the entire thing, and told the dad, "That enough, 'I'm having a f----- problem with you for beating the s--- out of him because he won't catch the damn ball.'"...
The neighbor clearly saw what was happening.
When the Dad mouths off to the neighbor, about him not knowing his son and asked if he had a problem" The neighbor says, "Ya I have a problem with ya teaching your kid to play ball like, that"...Then the neighbor says, "Why don't ya come up here and teach me"
You're one twisted Kangaroo.
I may be twisted, but I never ended up in jail and for that I thank my beloved sainted, departed father.
It is imperative to the game of baseball that one catch a ball each and every time a playable ball is hit to a fielder. Sometimes it will be a fly ball, a pop-up, a line drive or even a tricky grounder, but errors lead to unearned runs which in a big game can be costly and in the long term much more painful than a whipping.
One day, when this kid makes a diving catch to win the World Series, he will know that if were not for his Old Man beating the crap out of him for missing a routine catch back in 2012 that he would not be the hero of a World Championship baseball team.