05-18-2008, 09:08 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: San Diego County
Posts: 1,356
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Having been involved with Little League for many years (parent, coach, manager, umpire, league equipment manager, board member) I can assure you that stuff happens and kids and adults get hurt. That is why each league has insurance. Also, there is equipment available on the market if parents have a concern about this exact accident. It is chest armor that a kid can wear. Of course, he (or she) looks like a dork and would catch grief from the other kids. But it is available. Also, the kid that was injured was pitching, and therefore was not in a good fielding position when the ball was hit. The worst one I ever saw was a pitcher took a line shot in the crotch. All the men watching screamed! It split his cup. The parents took him to the hospital and all he had was some minor bruising. So protective gear does work. 
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - Lazarus Long (Robert A . Heinlein)
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