Ducks on the field!
 

Okay, kids at his ball game and something unusual happens.

Two ducks, a male and female land in the middle of right field where he's playing.

He does his best to ignore them, we get the last out and retires to take their last at bat.

As the other team takes the field, the ducks are still there of course...the players start to warm up.

The kid playing center field takes the ball and beans the female duck. She flops over and basically continues to flop over until one of the dads from our team (wish I had done it myself actually) runs out there and picks it up carefully and moves it off the field. I get over to the other side and the duck's neck is clearly not straight, it can't walk straight and is clearly in bad shape.

Oh my god folks were shocked and horrified, they finished the game and all that.

We called local animal control and they came and got her to see what they could do for the duck.

oh man. Terrible thing...

Sounds like a cricket game where someone bowls a duck.

Did the kid do it intentionally? If so, he should have his ass kicked.

What do you tell the kids?
Adults kill birds just for the he 11 of it all the time. In Indiana you can legally shoot 15 mourning doves a day. So how do you tell your kid it's OK for adults to shoot birds for fun but kids shouldn't throw baseballs at them?

If a dog from the neighborhood came on the field would you throw the ball at it? Lets have a little common sense, try and scare them off before killing them at least.

There are options here, most much better than throwing the ball at the animals.

And we wonder why kids bully and kill each other??

We have ducks and chickens all over our farm, generally all you have to do is to start walking towards them and they will move. We do have one nasty rooster that is going to find it's way into a stew pot real soon if he continues to attack our legs as we walk away.

my goodness liberals can be simple at times.

I think you know better than this.

I don't. What is the answer?

Show the poor dumb animal the same kindness you would for your poor old and tired Granny....

Otherwise you are just another in a long line of barbaric little tree dwelling creatures that have pretensions of being civilized.

Exactly what it takes is a good long look in the mirror to realize that in your heart of darkness you have a propensity to kill wantonly and capriciously. From that realization and ownership of that darkness of the human spirit you can amend your behavior by exercising your freedom of choice.

Does that make it crystal for you all?

It's called common sense, sadly lacking in the world today.

No it is more than "common sense." Coming in out of the rain is common sense. The propensity for barbarism goes straight to the human heart of darkness which each of has.

But common sense usually overshadows barbarism, at least in the ones who are mentally stable.

Did the kid show any remorse?

No it doesn't...the Germans were quite rational in their organizational abilities to efficiently commit genocide. They progressed from using bullets, to carbon monoxide to Zyklon B.

It is quite a convenient thing for you to think that rational common sense will prevail over barbarism.

Exactly. Kids are kids and mistakes will be made. If the kid laughed it off I would be genuinely concerned. Might as well go around kicking puppies.

Context is important, did the kid throw the ball from 30 yards and hit the duck in a fluke accident or did he stand over the animal and spike it? If he killed the duck from 30 yards, =pro player potential, execution style=serial killer.

I bet the kid feels bad about it and WILL feel bad about it for a loooooooong time. His action is something he cannot "take back" yet he prolly never thought he would accomplish any more than scaring the ducks away.......

Kids don't think through consequences very well, he ll, adults generally don't do a good job on that front.

Any of you guys have regrets for stupid stunts like this???????? there but for the instant of opportunity and a flicker of poor judgement, goes all of us.

Absolutely. I am guilty of doing pretty dumb things as a kid. I was throwing stones with some friends at birds sitting on a wire. I was thinking if I hit one it would just fly away. I hit one, and it did NOT fly away. I was devastated but held back the tears till I got home. Maybe this little leaguer with the ace arm did the same...who knows.

I think that kid should have balls thrown at him......until his neck is not straight....

SMH....

Well I would call it RESPECT......sadly lacking in today's society.

I agree. The older I get, the more I hate people.

He was near to the duck but unsure of his intentions to scare or hit the duck. Most likely to scare it off. Unfortunately he's a kid who has a history of bad behavior, bullying and what not and that plays against him in everyone's eyes.

He was benched in the other dugout and I wasn't able to get a good look to see if he was remorseful or not. When I walked by the dugout with him in it I heard the team's manager talking to him sternly. One of their recent games they decided to forfeit due to this boy's unsportsmanlike behavior and the fact that they were down a player already. Taking him out of the game caused them to not have enough players to field a team. That actually almost happened to us last night against them because one of our hot heads made a significant error at the half of the game and pretty much gave up all hope and started throwing his glove to the fence in the outfield when he then missed an impossible fly ball.

His name isn't Dave Winfield Jr by any chance, is it?

Serial killer, in all seriousness it is really unfortunate to see young men unable to control themselves on the field. I have been player and coach at many different levels and this was always my least favorite part of the game.
I always stressed to my players to emulate the stoic hardworking non hot- dogging guys. I have nearly walked off the softball field due to my teammates losing their tempers, hugely embarrassing to see grown man hyperventilating at an ump during a beer league softball game. Hope the kid is able to straighten up.

No.

I have seen both sides where some unruly players and (cheerleaders if you can believe that) have totally ruined a game by thier actions. But also, I have seen middle/high school coaches screaming at the players and the refs, and generally being total azzes in front of everybody.

What the duck?

If the kid had shot the duck, the dad would most likely be bragging on whatever forums he frequents; triply so if the kid had been a girl.

Didn't take long for the anti-hunters to jump on this one and throw ethical hunting into the same pot with animal abuse by a pimply faced sports field bully. I just hope you anti-hunters coming out of the woodwork are all vegans. :confused:

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Just in case it went over any Pelican's head..(ducks, Pelicans, seagulls, whatever)...
Dave Winfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"..He hit 37 home runs in a spectacular 1982 season. On August 4, 1983, Winfield killed a seagull by throwing a ball while warming up before the fifth inning of a game at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium.[11] Fans responded by hurling obscenities and improvised missiles. After the game, he was brought to the Ontario Provincial Police station and charged with cruelty to animals. He was released after posting a $500 bond. Yankee manager Billy Martin quipped, "It's the first time he's hit the cutoff man all season."[11] Charges were dropped the following day.[12] In the offseason, Winfield returned to Toronto and donated two paintings for an Easter Seals auction, which raised over $60,000.[3][13] For years afterward, Winfield's appearances in Toronto were greeted by fans standing and flapping their arms—until he became a fan favorite when he joined the Blue Jays in 1992."

Interesting topic. I've always loved ducks. From Donald and the nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie to Ryan Getzlaf and Teemu. But not Duck dynasty. And these.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1427158272.jpg
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