This is the kind of guy who calls Alexander Rodriguez a pussy when he doesn't dive for the ball.

Man up, grow a pair, and embrace the suck. that'll teach you to not shade your eyes with your glove like every MLB player does.

Basebal is life. It teaches you to pay attention to danger. I learned this as a child when a batter hit a line drive strait at me, but I was drinking from a can of coke. I lost my bottom four teeth. I shoulda sued Coca-cola. I also took a fast hard ball to the temple running to first base once- out like a light!

I'd wrap this guy in bubble wrap and throw him in a bomb shelter for the rest of his life.

Obviously the world is to big, dangerous, and scary for this pathetic piece of shit entitled arrogant coward.

Fuck him, and everything he represents.

I know...not my usual eloquent argument for personal responsibility and the like...but sometimes vulgarity has its place.

The villain here is the idiot judge who let this case go to trial.

Maybe the next guy who gets his leg bit off by a shark in Florida will sue the owners of the hotel he stayed at. "Swimmers are not trained nor experts in knowing the safety precautions. There have been no instructions in avoiding the sharks. There were no instructions that swimmers are to cease swimming and leave the water when sharks start circling..."

Not only should the judge have thrown this ridiculous lawsuit out of court, he should have disbarred the moron lawyer who brought it there in the first place. Fining the idiot that got hit by the ball for thinking this was lawsuit-worthy would be a good thing, too. They're both wasting taxpayer's time and money.

If this guy was a kid in my old neighborhood - or an adult from my neighborhood today - we'd make sure he stayed inside to play with his dolly the next time we were picking teams, and he'd get an apron for Christmas. As it is, there are more manly women than he.

"As it is, there are more manly women than he."

Raddy, you rock.

Baseball/softball/kickball/stickball/whiffleball etc. I think is the only team sport where the defense controls the ball. Volleyball/pairs tennis/badminton etc. doesn't have an offense/defense division.

Is there another sport where the defense controls the ball that's not related to baseball?

There have been no instructions in avoiding the sun.

How many do there need to be?

There were no instructions that the players are to cease playing when the sun is at a level that will interfere with their eyes.

If it was that much of a concern, why didn't any players talk to someone about it? That would surely sound miles less stupid than saying the sun was in your eyes after the fact.

As it is, there are more manly women than he.

I played softball when I was ten. There was one team that had a pitcher that had an arm like a Howitzer, but she had no control. I think everyone on our team was walked by her at least once a season. I took softballs to the gut from her a few times, which hurt like a bastard. When I played tennis, I once took an overhand slam to the head. Hell, kickball on the schoolyard tended to yield bruises. I knew it was part of playing sports, even though I was a tiny little girl with thick glasses who sucked at anything physical. Man up, dude.

That'll teach you to not shade your eyes with your glove like every MLB player does.

That was the first thing I thought, too. He had his glove in front of his face with a line drive coming at him that he couldn't see? Unless your name happens to be Vic Power, that's probably not a good idea.

Jerry Katz - cricket is similar.

Oops missed your caveat - as far as I know, it's unrelated. If it is, it would predate baseball I suspect.

My exhibit A for the fact that in real life, most judges never, ever dismiss frivolous lawsuits. A bunch of lawyers will argue this point with me and cite laws and rules of evidence and so forth. But those are just words on paper. This is what happens in real-life cases.

I don't play baseball, because I find it boring, because they don't let you play it in high-heeled black boots, and because I'm afraid of being hit by the ball.

And, perhaps going out on a limb here, you throw like a girl.