[BoomerSooner]

That's a pretty crazy story. At first I was thinking gang violence type thing, but when you added that the kid's mother was invovled, I'm thinking what kind of gang is this? I'm suprised they didn't go after the umpire for calling 911.

I also thought of how such an attack could go down with just one car load of people. Even if they singled out 2-3 players that broke up the fight, what team is going to watch 2 or 3 of their fellow players take a beat down. I can see why they wouldn't have wanted to use their bats with potential legal concerns, but shear numbers should have helped. Although if I see a knife, I'm starting with a distance defense (putting some space in between me and the knife) followed by a distant attack (throwing softballs at the knife wielder), and finally if all else fails Batter Up!

This sounds like a scary situation.