The young batboy was knocked unconscious by the blow to the back of his head from a batter warming up during a game on Saturday in, bringing play to a halt as emergency medical personnel rushed onto the field, the Liberal Bee Jays baseball team said.
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Kiercy threw out the ceremonial first pitch in honor of her brother.
“It was just unbelievable to see that”. Kaiser, who was wearing a helmet, was accidentally hit in the head during the game by a follow-through swing near the on-deck circle.
Chad Carlile cries for his son Kaiser as he holds his daughter Keirsie, 7, on his shoulders during a tribute to his son prior to a baseball game between the Liberal Bee Jays and the Seattle Studs at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita, Kan., Tuesday, August 4, 2015. The home-plate umpire, who is also a paramedic, treated the boy until an ambulance arrived and took him to the hospital.
Chad Carlile has said be bears no remorse to the player or the team.
Carlile’s team, the Liberal Bee Jays, indicated on Twitter Wednesday there were problems with a GoFundMe page for his family.
Two heart-shaped signs with Kaiser’s initials “KC” were placed on the backstop near both dugouts as well as on the scoreboard.
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“He was our teammate”, added pitcher Kadon Simmons. “He was the spark plug, like they say, for the team”, said Carlile, who wants his son remembered for how the boy lived rather than how he died.
