Downs and Out

Sports Illustrated brings us Mark Reed Downs Jr.

He might not win *Coach of the Year* this year:

In maybe this year's most outrageous example of bad sportsmanship, Downs, a tee ball coach from suburban Pittsburgh, allegedly offered one of his players $25 to bean an autistic teammate during warm-ups, just to keep the kid off the field.

The thing that I can't understand is why he paid a player to bean someone. A good coach should never have to pay his player to do something that they were told to do. If the coach says bean 'em, you bean 'em. No questions asked.

I hear the autistic t-ball child was only batting 125 with 2 homers and 4 RBI's. In my opinion, the coach was making a wise decision to have the T-baller beaned. He should have also had Rupert *lost my legs in an auto accident* Swanson and Jerry *Bubble child* Wilson, beaned, they can't hit worth a shit.

T-Ball is where the action is.