On Facebook, sidekick Cindy posts: "Whoever said "There's no crying in baseball," has never been beaned by a fastball." That started an e-mail exchange between Cindy and me during which I mentioned that I had once, as a Babe Ruth League (13-15) pitcher, tried to hit a kid with a pitch. Cindy asked: "What did he do to you?" I then told her he hadn't done anything to me. But my buddy at shortstop didn't like me. So he asked me to hit the batter for him. I didn't want to hit him hard. So I threw a curveball at his head and missed. The ump who knew something was up then threatened to kick me out of the game if I ever tried that nonsense again.

Question: Have you ever been hit by a baseball,soccer ball, hockey puck, volleyball, golf ball, etc.?