Downs Syndrome

From the October 2 issue of Maclean's:

LESSON IN SPORTSMANSHIP IS OFF BASE
Mark Downs, a Pennsylvania teacher, is on trial for, among other things, corrupting a minor. He allegedly offered Keith Reese, 9, $25 to nail an autistic team member with a ball so he'd be unable to play in a crucial T-ball game. Keith hit the boy in the groin. His mother didn't see the play and ordered her weeping son back on the field. Downs allegedly encouraged Keith to take another throw, purportedly telling him: "Try hitting him harder."