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Coach convicted in autistic player's beaning
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You can find this article at:
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn...c.php?t=127898
Coach convicted in autistic player's beaning
September 14, 2006
Associated Press
UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- A baseball coach accused of offering an 8-year-old money to bean an autistic teammate so he couldn't play was convicted Thursday of two lesser charges against him, and evaded more serious charges.
A jury convicted 29-year-old Mark R. Downs Jr. of corruption of minors and criminal solicitation to commit simple assault, Fayette County authorities said.
Downs was acquitted of criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault, and jurors said they were deadlocked on a charge of reckless endangerment. The judge declared a mistrial on the endangerment charge.
Authorities said Downs offered to pay one of his players $25 to hit a 9-year-old autistic teammate with a ball while warming up before a June 2005 playoff game.
This reads like a Ben Stiller movie.
Very sad.
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That's terrible.
I don't know what else to say.
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Little League is serious business.
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This guy should be beaned by a professional baseball pitcher.... about 10 times.... in the head.
Its people like this that need to be "dealt with".
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Originally Posted by ::maroma::
This guy should be beaned by a professional baseball pitcher.... about 10 times.... in the head.
Its people like this that need to be "dealt with".
Nope. A long distance BATTER. Even thinking about getting a kid to hurt another kid is evil. Hope he has fun in jail...
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Maybe he will get beaned in prison!!!
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Someone should show him that video of Jason McElwain playing a phenomenal game of basketball.
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How do you "bean" somebody? 
(Last edited by Kr0nos; Sep 16, 2006 at 04:26 AM.
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Are 8 year old pitchers really that accurate?
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Originally Posted by Kr0nos
How do you "bean" somebody?
You hit them with a thrown projectile, in most cases, a ball.
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Well, he'll probably have a lot of fun with Bubba.
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Originally Posted by KeriVit
Maybe he will get beaned in prison!!!
That's an interesting euphanism... I have others for what should happen to him there.
Originally Posted by Kr0nos
How do you "bean" somebody?
To amplify, to "bean" someone is to strike them with a thrown object, usually in the head. Whacking someone in the head with a pitched baseball is the definition in this context. Note that skull fractures are not uncommon when this occurs, and unintentional "beans" are the reason batters wear helmets-it doesn't always help.
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Oh, I always thought we wore those helmets because it was fashionable.
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