Video of umpire taking a foul ball to the cup

[moorg]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

First of all, that umpire must have ones made of cast iron, because I think that I would have been curled up in a little ball. Second, why in the heck didn't that catcher stop the ball. Just wondering.

MTD, Sr.

Unfortunately they don't stop them all.

[cowbyfan1]

I've had it happen one time and I was surprised it did not hurt. I kept expecting it too but it never did. Maybe it was a due to being a curveball fouled into the dirt that bounced up and got me? No idea for certain.