@Francis7 posted:@2022NYC -
True story. When mine was 11, he got hit in the face with a ball. Nothing broken but had swelling, cuts, bruises, etc. That was in a travel game.
A few days later, we have a Little League game. I'm the manager. My wife says don't play him. I say: I will stick him in LF the whole game. He should be fine.
Sure enough, someone singles to left, the ball hits a hole in the ground and springs right up and hits him in the face.
That's baseball. The highly unlikely likely happens!
The morning before my son's first coach pitch game I took in the backyard to hit a few balls. My wife asks if he needs a helmet. I shake my head like, "uh no". Sure enough, I plunked him in the head. Hence the username