NOVEMBER 13, 2008 — A jury in Miami-Dade county has awarded a 21-year-old man hit in the groin by a baseball at Sluggers batting gage in nearly $1.2 million. Lhyvann Felipe, who was 19 at the time of the accident, was struck by a 60 mph batting cage pitch at Tamiami Park in West Miami-Dade, Florida, according to his attorney. The judgment ordered $160,000 for Felipe’s medical expenses and $1 million for pain and suffering. The jury decided the batting cage operation was negligent in supervising its employees.