Kaiser Carlile was struck Saturday by a warm-up swing by a Liberal Bee Jays player near the on-deck circle during a National Baseball Congress World Series game. Kaiser died Sunday.

The National Baseball Congress suspended using batboys and girls during its World Series games in Kansas after Kaiser’s death.

Kaiser’s father, Chad Carlile, said on NBC’S Today show Thursday that while there “might be a better way of doing things,” he thinks the batboy tradition should continue because it’s “tremendous for kids.”

Carlile also said the family donated organs from Kaiser to two children, and that he’s proud Kaiser has touched so many lives.