Fun With Pitching Machines: “The Sumiton Police Department and Bevill State Community College-Sumiton in South Carolina are investigating the claim of a baseball player that his coach punished him by forcing him to kneel in catcher’s gear in front of a pitching machine that hurled fastballs at him.” I actually give the 19-year old some credit for not going completely insane and jumping the coach in the parking lot with his buddies. (Birmingham News)