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07-16-2005, 08:30 AM
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Throw Another Cup of Chlorine in the Gene Pool
This one needs to either be weeded out or have a brutal surgery to make sure he doesnt reproduce....
What a sick puppy. PITTSBURGH — A youth baseball coach paid one of his players to hurt an 8-year-old mentally disabled teammate so the boy wouldn't be able to play in a game, state police said Friday. Mark R. Downs Jr. (search), 27, of Dunbar, offered one of his players $25 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 T-ball game because of his disability. The solicited player hit the boy in the head and in the groin with a baseball just before a game, and the disabled boy didn't play, police said. Downs, who is a coach with the R.W. Clark Youth Baseball League (search), had an unpublished telephone number and could not immediately be reached for comment Friday. It was unclear whether he had an attorney. The assault happened June 27 at the R.W. Clark baseball field in North Union Township, Fayette County, about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh (search). The 8-year-old's mother asked the 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, said state police Trooper Thomas B. Broadwater. "The coach was very competitive. He wanted to win," Broadwater said. Downs was arrested and arraigned Friday on charges of criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault, corruption of minors, criminal conspiracy to commit simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. He was released from jail on an unsecured bond. Eric Forsythe, the president of the R.W. Clark Youth Baseball League, said 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. Downs had two daughters on the T-ball team, Forsythe said. The league isn't affiliated with Little League International (search). 
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#2
07-16-2005, 05:57 PM
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That kids dad oughta be knocking on his door some night and stomp his a$$ real good. Course there ya are...the ole dad would go to jail then.
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07-16-2005, 08:46 PM
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Only if he gets caught payin' someone to stomp his arse. Actually what they need to do is tie him to a tree and let the whole team throw baseballs @ his groin. Then when he's had enough, have the team do it again.
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07-17-2005, 11:37 AM
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I suppose if it were your kid, you would be content to set back and let whatever happens, happen?
Sorry, I wouldnt stand for it. People like that have no place on our planet, let alone coaching or having anything to do with children. Andy
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#6
07-18-2005, 03:33 PM
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I agree with everyone that this scumbag needs a good behind-Stompin' and that we need to keep these kinds of people away from >ANYTHING< to do with kids........
But I also wonder about the wisdom of "Integrating" some of the Mentally Handicapped kids into sports, classrooms, and other areas. While many are able to function well in these situations, others aren't. Sometimes to the detriment of the other players, or students. I think that the ones who can function/understand at or near the other players/students level, should be included. But that those that can't, should be given the proper setting, instruction, and care that they need....elswhere. Anything else isn't fair to them or the others who are in their groups/classrooms. Tall Shadow
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07-18-2005, 06:34 PM
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That's a good point, but who's gonna decide that. It would take all of about 5 seconds for some parent to say that there kid is being singled out because of their disability. Sometimes people are to stubborn to understand it.
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#8
07-18-2005, 06:45 PM
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