mostly college players. adam anderson is the team s head coach. he was as much a part of the team as anyone else out here. reporter: the bee jays had made it to the world series. but on saturday a freak, horrifying accident. of a bee jays player took a practice swing in the on deck circle not seeing that little kaiser had come out to retrieve a bat. kaiser had a helmet but it wasn t enough to protect hymn when he got hit in the head. the home plate umpire who was is paramedic started treating hem. as other medical personnel arrived players on the field prays for the batboy who was critly hurt and rushed to the hospital. the next day the team had another game in the furmt and won. but right after it ended they found out their batboy kaiser carlyle h died. caden sim onsz is a pitcher on the team. it s amazing how much someone can touch your life in such a short time and how just like just how how big of an influence someone can make on you. reporter: players and
certainly a lot of tears and heartache in kansas and across the country tonight for a 9-year-old batboy. his name, kaiser carlyle, who was accidentally hit in the head by a practice swing at the national baseball congress world series in wichita over the weekend. he was wearing a helmet but his injury was too grave. he died on sunday. tournament organizers announced today they have suspended the use of bat boys and girls. however the tournament will go on. kaiser s family and his teammates say that s what he would have wanted. the little boy, who would have been a fourth grader later this month idolized his team, the beyeas of liberal, kansas. the feeling was mutual gary tuchman reports. reporter: there is no shortage of 9-year-olds who love baseball and dream of being a batboy. kaiser carlyle was one of them. and he got to live that dream out. with the liberal kansas bee jays, one of the teams in the amateur national baseball congress arc summer league for
coaches talked with reporters about their love for this young man. but they were also addressing kaiser s family. third baseman brady cox talked about one game where kaiser was bit under the weather and lying down on the bench. ed asked him who was wrong, he said man i m not feeling well. i m like i feel your pain. i m 0 for 2. i understand. he said it s fine you have got more battle left. i m like i appreciate it. he gave me a high five and my next at bat i had a home run. i never had a little brother that i could be a guy with. i want to thank you for that. kaiser s father decided to speak after hearing what players and coaches had to say about his son. he didn t want them to feel guilty. me myself personally i feel bad for the team. understand i ve got my loss with my son but it s just as hurtful for them. kaiser was one to bring a smile
to everyone s face. i m not saying i actually was the one that taught him, but i tried to raise him the best i could to be that type of person. i never knew how much he actually touched people until now. chad carlyle wished the beyeas players good luck as they finished the world series and then hugged his daughter kaiser s little sister. and the members of the team who cared for kaiser so much wanted hiss family to know just how much. how much he has touched me in the short amount of time i ve known him and how much he means to me i can t imagine what the family is going through. you will always be in my heart for that. and kaiser will always hold a fresh place in my heart. i ll never step on a field and not think of him. i just want to say thank you for blessing us with him. reporter: gary tuchman, cnn, atlanta. the team has created a go
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