Monday, August 01, 2005
you - in the pit(t)...now!!!
Remember when I mentioned -for at least the second time, on the *luminous blog*- that Cam Neely saw his career shortened by a malicious coaching manoeuver from the Opponent of the Boston Bruins (Cam's team - of course) in that particular playoff series...? The coach who made that decision was nicknamed Badger Bob - his goal was to finally make the franchise that hired him get over the hump - any hump! (They had never won -stolen- any championship prior to that...) And so he took all the means necessary - not that the end really does "justify the means" nor makes any of it nobler... Ulf, again, was his instrument and the one (goon) who actually cowardly injured Cam Neely from behind - to stop Neely from scoring easy goal after easy goal that would have otherwise sunk the Badger's team, which included the alleged "magnificent one" Mario Lemieux. Well... Cam The Man Neely was out-magnificying the magnificent one and his entire team there - all by himself! Stop him, and you stop the Bruins - and that is what unfortunately happened. That unfair play-favoring, dirty-playing team was... the Pittsburgh Penguins, who just now were blessed by the gods (ha - there is only ONE GOD) and allotted the first pick overall in the entry draft with which they selected the alleged superstar of the future - Sidney Crosby... Like such a franchise deserves blessings... Right...
But now, comes something -again out of Pittsburgh- that is so eeriely similar... yet, quite different... for much, much worse, believe it or not...
What is it, in the Pitt - is it something in the water, the air or what?!?
What in blue blazes turns coaches in Pittsburgh into... well... cruel monsters?!? Details - in the comments section.
But now, comes something -again out of Pittsburgh- that is so eeriely similar... yet, quite different... for much, much worse, believe it or not...
What is it, in the Pitt - is it something in the water, the air or what?!?
What in blue blazes turns coaches in Pittsburgh into... well... cruel monsters?!? Details - in the comments section.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - A T-ball coach allegedly paid one of his players $25 to hurt an 8-year-old mentally disabled teammate so he wouldn't have to put the boy in the game, police said Friday.
Mark R. Downs Jr., 27, of Dunbar, is accused of offering one of his players the money to hit the boy in the head with a baseball, police said. Witnesses told police Downs didn't want the boy to play in the game because of his disability.
Police said the boy was hit in the head and in the groin with a baseball just before a game, and didn't play, police said.
"The coach was very competitive," state police Trooper Thomas B. Broadwater said. "He wanted to win."
Downs has an unpublished telephone number and couldn't immediately be reached for comment Friday. It was unclear whether he had an attorney.
He was arrested and arraigned Friday on charges including criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault and corruption of minors. He was released from jail on an unsecured bond.
The alleged assault happened June 27 in North Union Township, about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, authorities said.
The boy's mother asked state police to investigate her son's injuries because she suspected Downs wanted to keep the boy off the field, despite a league rule that required each player to participate in three innings a game, Broadwater said.
Eric Forsythe, the president of the R.W. Clark Youth Baseball League, said Downs had two daughters on the T-ball team.
League organizers investigated accusations against Downs before the T-ball season ended earlier this month but could not prove that he did anything wrong. If Downs is convicted of any crime, he won't be allowed to be a coach next year, Forsythe said. The league is not affiliated with Little League International.
Mark R. Downs Jr., 27, of Dunbar, is accused of offering one of his players the money to hit the boy in the head with a baseball, police said. Witnesses told police Downs didn't want the boy to play in the game because of his disability.
Police said the boy was hit in the head and in the groin with a baseball just before a game, and didn't play, police said.
"The coach was very competitive," state police Trooper Thomas B. Broadwater said. "He wanted to win."
Downs has an unpublished telephone number and couldn't immediately be reached for comment Friday. It was unclear whether he had an attorney.
He was arrested and arraigned Friday on charges including criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault and corruption of minors. He was released from jail on an unsecured bond.
The alleged assault happened June 27 in North Union Township, about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, authorities said.
The boy's mother asked state police to investigate her son's injuries because she suspected Downs wanted to keep the boy off the field, despite a league rule that required each player to participate in three innings a game, Broadwater said.
Eric Forsythe, the president of the R.W. Clark Youth Baseball League, said Downs had two daughters on the T-ball team.
League organizers investigated accusations against Downs before the T-ball season ended earlier this month but could not prove that he did anything wrong. If Downs is convicted of any crime, he won't be allowed to be a coach next year, Forsythe said. The league is not affiliated with Little League International.
What the....
That is child abuse!
It doesn't matter if he had another child do it or not. He payed a child to do it for him! The boy could have been killed by the blow to the head with the bat!
This should be taken very seriously! He should have more punishment than him not being able to coach next season!!
Also the kid should get some kind of warning from police for being the one hitting the boy in the head and groin.
To top it off the boy that was beaten with the bat is disableled!
If that coach is willing to hurt kids to get his way, then Childrens services should take a look at his own kids and see if he has been beating on them!
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That is child abuse!
It doesn't matter if he had another child do it or not. He payed a child to do it for him! The boy could have been killed by the blow to the head with the bat!
This should be taken very seriously! He should have more punishment than him not being able to coach next season!!
Also the kid should get some kind of warning from police for being the one hitting the boy in the head and groin.
To top it off the boy that was beaten with the bat is disableled!
If that coach is willing to hurt kids to get his way, then Childrens services should take a look at his own kids and see if he has been beating on them!
Have a Great Day ()O()
((HUGS))
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