More prayers needed - The young man has gone to God - Please pray for his family

What a terrible tragedy. I can only imagine how difficult this must be for the family. My thoughts and prayers for all those who are suffering from the loss of this young man.

Oh my God.

I am so devastated to read about this.

My prayers and tears are for Chris and his family, of course, and his friends and teammates, but especially for the boy who hit the ball. It certainly wasn't his fault, but I'm sure he feels that it was. What a tragedy.

Baseball is truly a violent sport.

What a sad story. I wish peace and understanding and God's love to everyone in the baseball community.

I'm normally one who has words of encouragment.....but in this situation I dont know what to say except may our good Lord hold us all in his hands

According to the Booster Club president at the high school Chris attended, he was an organ donor and his heart was transplanted into a 10 year old Arkansas girl to give her a chance at life.

From tragedy, God gives hope.

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From tragedy, God gives hope.

Thanks for letting us know about this. Wow. What a family.

Prayers for the little girl, too. I can't imagine that scenario, either.......

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but especially for the boy who hit the ball

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T-Bird Dad:

catcher09 has stated my thoughts exactly.

This is just so sad.

Thank you T-Bird Dad for informing us of this generous gift of life Chris and his family provided.

God is good. His goodness is now beating in the chest of a 10 year old Arkansas girl. Imagine her gratitude. Imagine the gratitude of her parents and family.

What a terrible thing to happen. I can not believe how the family is feeling. That also includes all his teammates and students. My prayers are with them now and always. God Bless.

Such grief for not only the family but for the poor kid who hit him.

I'm curious why in the world A) the cages were set up the way they are and B) why there wasn't any netting???

There was netting, but, as you know, there are gaps in some netting for entrance/exit. Generally, they will double layer (with no gap) the netting to prevent this very thing. Without personal knowledge, apparently the second layer was not there.

Still, a freak accident to clear through two gaps in the netting.

Timing is everything.
Today is the first official day for HS baseball to begin in Kansas. Tryouts throughout our league start today.

I spoke to my son about this story.

As un upperclassman this year, suggested that he take it upon himself to be aware of safety and the safety of his teammates.
A point we had taken for granted up until now.
We had not said the actual words.

Figured it never hurts to say it one more time.

Perhaps this tragic story will remind all of us starting fresh this baseball season that although inevitably, tragedies do happen and can not always be avoided, we CAN make it OUR job to
be aware and willing, to ALWAYS go that extra step to ensure that all safety procedures are enforced, not overlooked, or taken for granted.
Everyone inspect your equipment, check the cages, check the netting. Dont take for granted that someone else has done this. As parents, players, coaches, administrators,( etc. ) lets make this OUR problem and no one elses. A joint committment to safety. Perhaps a positive step towards awareness shall come from such tragedy.

God rest this athletes soul and bring comfort to those that are hurting so deeply.

As a baseball parent, I know the entire baseball community/family is deeply saddened and effected.
It happened to one of our own.
It could happen to anyone of us.

Play hard,...play smart,....play safe!!!
~ God Bless ~

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Originally posted by T-Bird Dad:
Still, a freak accident to clear through two gaps in the netting.

T-Bird - I'm not there and can't SEE the situation firsthand so thanks for the clarification. Were the cages side-by-side?

There were a total of four "sleeves" side-by-side and then stacked:

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The pitchers were throwing behind "L" screens with their backs to each other standing towards the middle sections witht he batters towards the ends in each cage, therefore, the ball had to travel through the end of one and through the end of another one to hit the boy. Even without the double layer, one in a million.

Sorry, I tried to diagram it, but it didn't look like it did on the reply post...but maybe you can get the gist of it.

Thanks. I get it. What a shame.

This is a very sad story. Hopefully, it will get a lot of coaches thinking about batting cage safety.

Hopefully it will get a lot of coaches thinking about safety in general.

our thoughts and prayers go out to those who grieve for this young man. can't even imagine the pain .god bless

It took me a while to post because I am devasted by this and did not know what to say.

Lord, God, please take this child into your arms and watch over him for eternity. Please let his parents find strength through faith in you.

Devastating… a pitcher’s parent nightmare… prayers offered up…. Please keep us posted.

God Bless this young man and his family… may GOD send HIS angels to aid and comfort them.

I am continually thinking about this child and his family. My heart hurts deeply for them and all those who are directly involved. Continued prayers are being said in our household.