Little League World Series player gets hit in back (Video)

The Little League World Series is well underway, and the pain is being felt in more than one way in the journey for a title.

We are well underway in with the Little League World Series, and the teams from around the country and around the world are starting to dwindle down to just a handful of contenders. One of those contenders hail from Chinese Taipei, and they’re hustling to try and take home a title at any cost necessary.

Emphasis on any cost necessary.

In the top of the second inning, Hao En Chen stepped into the batter’s box and proceeded to take a pitch squarely off the bottom half of his back.

Here’s a look at the play in question, which was undoubtedly as painful as it looked:

Not only did he tough out getting hit — which is more than what most of us would be able to say in that same situation — but he then got up and started to run back and forth to stretch his back out.

Chen left the game to get further evaluation on his back, but the mere fact that he popped up after taking a pitch like that off his back is remarkable.

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