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Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:51 AM Aug 2015

Kaiser Carlile, 9-Year-Old Bat Boy, Dies after being struck by players swing

Source: US News

A 9-year-old bat boy died Sunday evening after getting hit in the head as a baseball player took practice swings in Kansas, his team said.

“"Kaiser was simply doing something he loved"”

"With the permission of the family, and with much sorrow and a very broken heart, I regretfully inform everyone that Kaiser Carlile passed away earlier this evening," the Liberal Bee Jays, an amateur baseball team, announced on Facebook


Read more: Link to sourcehttp://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kaiser-carlile-9-year-old-bat-boy-dies-after-being-n402851

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Kaiser Carlile, 9-Year-Old Bat Boy, Dies after being struck by players swing (Original Post) Lil Missy Aug 2015 OP
How horrible--the guy who killed that little boy must be suicidal. MADem Aug 2015 #1
Yeah. Something that could have happened to millions of guys if a kid just wasn't paying attention. brewens Aug 2015 #9
This is a tragedy. LuvNewcastle Aug 2015 #2
I have to admit, I thought the same at first deutsey Aug 2015 #12
Tempted to do some ejbr Aug 2015 #3
At the same age, in essentially the same situation Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2015 #4
very sad 6chars Aug 2015 #5
OMG, how horrible! City Lights Aug 2015 #6
How sad. bigwillq Aug 2015 #7
Truly sad... Deuce Aug 2015 #8
what a tragic accident, my sympathies to family, Bee Jay Team and friends Sunlei Aug 2015 #10
My heart goes out the family and the batter. What a terrible thing for everybody involved. marble falls Aug 2015 #11
Just so sad. My heart goes out to his family and friends and to the boy who hit LoisB Aug 2015 #13
very sad... Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #14
How awful all the way around. hamsterjill Aug 2015 #15

brewens

(13,592 posts)
9. Yeah. Something that could have happened to millions of guys if a kid just wasn't paying attention.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:35 AM
Aug 2015

Horrible luck to have him probably just accidentally walk into a swing like that.

LuvNewcastle

(16,846 posts)
2. This is a tragedy.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 06:21 AM
Aug 2015

When I saw the title of this thread, I thought it was going to be a Weekly World News story.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
4. At the same age, in essentially the same situation
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 07:52 AM
Aug 2015

I got a crack in my skull. The team was the San Francisco Seals.

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