The National Baseball Congress suspended its batboy and batgirl program Monday following the death of Kaiser Carlile.
Carlile, the 9-year-old batboy for the Liberal Bee Jays, died Sunday night after accidentally being struck in the head by a warm-up swing during an NBC World Series game in Wichita, Kan. on Saturday. He was wearing a helmet, as is mandated by the league, but still suffered a fatal injury when one of the team's batters accidentally made contact with Carlile's helmet as he was retrieving a bat.
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"We suspended the program for the rest of the tournament because of the situation that happened this weekend," Jason Ybarra told USA TODAY Sports.
The Mobile BayBears set up a GoFundMe account for Carlile in hopes of raising money to donate to his family.
The World Series has five days left with eight teams remaining.