Cup while BU?

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by yawetag

Seems like a silly question, but one I must ask so I don't look silly.

Do you wear a cup while BU?

Not really, no good place to put it. Carry a pint size flask on my belt though, just as effective.

Good tip for everyone though, don't call timeout and ask to use a bat if your olive gets stuck. The players get really upset because hitting the flask leaves marks on their expensive bats. Boy these kids nowadays are really spoiled brats. Sharing is not one of their better traits.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Let me guess: You also have the flask handy while you're typing this stuff.

[DG]

I have never been hit by a ground ball while working bases so see no need for a cup. I was a middle infielder when I played so am quite adept at moving my feet.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by DG

I have never been hit by a ground ball while working bases so see no need for a cup. I was a middle infielder when I played so am quite adept at moving my feet.

I've never been in a car accident, so I don't wear my seat belt.

[Kevin Finnerty]

My kid's never had a skull fracture riding a bicycle, so I don't make him wear a helmet.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

My kid's never had a skull fracture riding a bicycle, so I don't make him wear a helmet.

do you wear your helmet? or are those just for kids

[DG]

Originally Posted by Matt

I've never been in a car accident, so I don't wear my seat belt.

You can't think getting hit by a ground ball and getting in a car accident are remotely similar.

[SAump]

I saw an umpire go down immediately after getting hit in the jewels. He was wearing a cup at the time. I'm no investigative reporter but I figured the ball hit the cup, and the back edge of the cup smashed into one side of his testicles. From his painful reaction, I imagined the cup probably saved his life. I was shocked to find out what really happened. Go figure. The ball hit him squarely in the middle of the cup and the hard plastic cup collapsed. The plastic cup wasn't hard enough to protect him from "serious" injury. For a short period of time, he carried the cup around to show everybody who asked about his health the damage to his cup. There were 2 stress fractures near those small air vent holes. Those were the weak points. The cup actually worked up to its maximum limit. The injury was unavoidable and reminds me of the legal statement found on the inside of MLB batting helmets.

FWIW, I wear a cup on the bases. I don't feel the need to run miscellaneous errands between ball games and I don't believe it is right to reach in to extract a cup in front of the public. The new banana cups are more comfortable than the older solid plastic cups and offer no more inconvenience around my XXL bigass than the tight XL jock. I guess I am too manly to go change out of my jock before the next game.

Did I tell you the story of the guy who forgot his cup and wanted to borrow mine?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by DG

You can't think getting hit by a ground ball and getting in a car accident are remotely similar.

It was a criticism of the logic.

And yes, there are similarities. Both are negative events which can have their consequences mitigated by simple precautions.

[DG]

Originally Posted by Matt

It was a criticism of the logic.

And yes, there are similarities. Both are negative events which can have their consequences mitigated by simple precautions.

It wasn't logic. It was simply a comment that the risk vs reward analysis, in my view, did not merit the wearing of a cup while working bases.

[outathm]

I have a friend, yes only one, who was caught flat footed and took a line drive w/o a cup. He had swelling so bad there were splits in a bad spot, and the doctor told him if the swelling did not go down w/i 72 hours, they were looking at amputation.

I wear a cup all the time on the bases, behind the plate, driving to the game.

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by outathm

I have a friend, yes only one, who was caught flat footed and took a line drive w/o a cup. He had swelling so bad there were splits in a bad spot, and the doctor told him if the swelling did not go down w/i 72 hours, they were looking at amputation.

I wear a cup all the time on the bases, behind the plate, driving to the game.

Wow, thats amazing. Same thing the doctor told me when he gave me my last perscription. Didn't realize the two sports were so similar.!!!!

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by outathm

I have a friend, yes only one, who was caught flat footed and took a line drive w/o a cup. He had swelling so bad there were splits in a bad spot, and the doctor told him if the swelling did not go down w/i 72 hours, they were looking at amputation.

Risk: Getting jeweled without a cup
Reward: AMPUTATION!

Hey DC, analyze that!

[MajorDave]

yes, just one, like the other guy who was not an umpire but a coach/league president feeding the pitching machine for 8 year old machine pitch league. Kid drove one back through the box and hit my friend in the most delicate of all spots. He lost one of his boys to amputation, got an infection due to some randy/amorous activity by his wife and then got an abcess and almost lost the whole package. He still has trouble and is less than 40. He lost his job and then his wife.

I looked into a medical malpractice suit for him because the treating surgeon and ER doctors would not even take a look when he complained about severe pain in the nether region while erroneously labeling him a narcotic drug seeker. However, no other physician would testify that it was malpractice as the medical records showed and my client admitted to amorous relations with his wife before the drainage tube was removed and thus the increased risk of the very infection he had.

I am talking about this guy was in hospital three weeks and almost died and had major surgery on top of losing one of his nuts due to a baseball hit by an eight year old hitting him in the pills.

Way too risky to be on a field at any age with a hard baseball without a cup in my humble opinion.

I wear one. Do whatever you feel comfortable with.

I wear Under Armour Cup-black with carbon fibre. Very comfortable to the point that I don't know I have it on until I go to the restroom.

MTCYMMV.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by MajorDave

yes, just one, like the other guy who was not an umpire but a coach/league president feeding the pitching machine for 8 year old machine pitch league. Kid drove one back through the box and hit my friend in the most delicate of all spots. He lost one of his boys to amputation, got an infection due to some randy/amorous activity by his wife and then got an abcess and almost lost the whole package. He still has trouble and is less than 40. He lost his job and then his wife.

I looked into a medical malpractice suit for him because the treating surgeon and ER doctors would not even take a look when he complained about severe pain in the nether region while erroneously labeling him a narcotic drug seeker. However, no other physician would testify that it was malpractice as the medical records showed and my client admitted to amorous relations with his wife before the drainage tube was removed and thus the increased risk of the very infection he had.

I am talking about this guy was in hospital three weeks and almost died and had major surgery on top of losing one of his nuts due to a baseball hit by an eight year old hitting him in the pills.

Way too risky to be on a field at any age with a hard baseball without a cup in my humble opinion.

I wear one. Do whatever you feel comfortable with.

I wear Under Armour Cup-black with carbon fibre. Very comfortable to the point that I don't know I have it on until I go to the restroom.

MTCYMMV.

Dave, you often convey a message like I would. In this case, as in several other cases, you convey it in a way that I merely wish I could.

Yet another tip of the creased black cap to you sir.