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July 18, 2005
Despicable
I was asked recently what my favorite swear word is. After careful deliberation, I said "motherfucker." That's what this guy apparently is:
PITTSBURGH -- 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 did not play.
"The coach was very competitive," state police trooper Thomas B. Broadwater said. "He wanted to win."
Posted by oz115 at July 18, 2005 09:17 AM