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scott@scottlongonline.com
If you missed this story, here is quick breakdown of what happened.
A Dunbar man, Mark Reed Downs Jr., is accused of offering to pay a 7-year-old boy $25 to injure an autistic 8-year-old teammate before a June 27 game so the older boy would be unable to play the league minimum of three innings, according to state police at Uniontown.
The 8-year-old boy was hit by two throws from the other player prior to a game, police said. He was treated at The Uniontown Hospital and released the same day after a baseball hit him behind his left ear and in the groin, police said.
Maybe I'm extra sensitive to this story, as my daughter suffers from learning disabilities, but this scumbag is a real piece of shite. Personally, I think a fair punishment would be for this classless douche to get the same treatment he inflicted on the boy, with Randy Johnson being the one to deliver it. (Big Unit circa 1998)
Coach Mark suffers from a Downs syndrome that he was not born with, but developed on his own.
http://tbogg.blogspot.com/
So, while it may be true or partly true, apparently it may also not be.
He said, she said. I don't know who is telling the truth, but nor do you. That's all I'm talkin'bout.
The story says he's ACCUSED. Innocent until proven blah blah.
im actually from the area where this happened. ive even played some baseball in this town myself. anyway, the local word is that the facts are very much in dispute.
anyway, im not here to defend this jackarse, because if there is even a glimmer of truth to the story then he deserves to hang. but to me, this kind of smells like the typical story for story's sake/truth be damned.
on the other hand, anybody who has ever been to dunbar didnt even have to check the byline to know where a story like this probably took place.
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