What?
Risk versus reward analysis???
... I love it!
And we know you're not kidding, because you disputed Matt's comparison of your thinking to that of someone who takes unnecessary risks, just because something hasn't happened to
them, confusing it with the difference between catching a bullet and being in a car accident.
Real simple: Getting jeweled is not worth any risk.
If the level of ball is so low that a ball can't go fast enough to be impossible to evade or even hurt you if you fail to evade it, then fine, go without a cup. The rest of us who wear one on the bases do so by utilizing our risk management skills based on an elementary analysis.