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  • Woman hit with baseball bat in Florida road rage attack [Why Does Need A Baseball Bat?]

    03/26/2018 11:43:56 AM PDT · by SoFloFreeper · 49 replies
    AP ^ | 3/26/18
    A Florida woman says she suffered a broken nose when she was attacked by two sisters with a baseball bat...
  • 5 In Custody After Group Attacks Diners At Tinley Park Restaurant (ChicagoLand)

    05/20/2012 8:32:39 AM PDT · by FreedomPoster · 68 replies
    CBS Chicago ^ | May 19, 2012 4:11 PM
    TINLEY PARK, Ill. (STMW) — Five men were in custody Saturday night after they allegedly entered a restaurant and began beating patrons gathered for a wedding with bats in southwest suburban Tinley Park. The attack occurred at the Ashford House Restaurant at 7959 159th St., said Tinley Park Fire Chief Ken Dunn. The emergency call said a group of 15 people dressed all in black entered the restaurant at approximately 12:45 p.m., according to a police release. They were targeting a specific group of people eating in the restaurant. . Police believe the incident is isolated and not random.
  • Aluminum baseball bat safety put on trial in death of amateur Montana pitcher

    10/23/2009 7:05:12 AM PDT · by La Lydia · 108 replies · 2,830+ views
    LA Times ^ | October 23, 2009 | BROCK VERGAKIS
    HELENA, Mont. — Fighting off a Helena Senators' fifth-inning rally, pitcher Brandon Patch checked the runner on first base. The 18-year-old Miles City Mavericks' southpaw then went into his windup, delivering what looked sure to be another strike. Instead, the Senators' hitter connected squarely, smacking the baseball so hard that it was nearly impossible to follow — until it ricocheted off Patch's head. The ball eventually fell behind first base after traveling, by some accounts, as high as 50 feet in the air. Patch, pitching in what was to be one of his final games with his American Legion team,...
  • London ~ 16 teen knife murders this year.

    06/08/2008 12:50:29 AM PDT · by stillafreemind · 56 replies · 510+ views
    Associated Content ^ | 6-8-2008 | Bobby Tall Horse
    Like a plague, murder by knife has taken London by storm. Gang members have said that killing someone is like a status symbol. It's in fashion. Taking little to no provocation this so called fashion of knife murders gives no warning.