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  • T-Ball Coach Allegedly Has Boy Hurt Disabled Player

    09/13/2006 6:25:14 AM PDT · by ShadowDancer · 62 replies · 2,070+ views
    ClickonDetroit ^ | September 13, 2006 | AP
    T-Ball Coach Allegedly Has Boy Hurt Disabled Player Child Has Autism, Mild Retardation, Speech ImpairmentPOSTED: 7:24 am EDT September 13, 2006 UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- A T-ball coach's desire to win at all costs became a crime when he twice asked an 8-year-old boy to hurl baseballs at a disabled teammate for $25, a prosecutor said Tuesday. The trial continues Wednesday. Mark Downs Jr., 29, who lives in Dunbar, Pa., is charged with criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault, corruption of minors and reckless endangerment. Prosecutors said Downs did not want then-9-year old Harry Bowers Jr. to play in a T-ball...