He needs his own personal theme song now.
And those shoes are in front of that cup. Amazing he didn't take a shot to the nuts earlier.
I've personally gotten hit there twice while on the base pads on pick off attempts but seen more pitchers get hit in the face than in the nuts. When I was pitching, I couldn't pitch with a cup so I can see why he wouldn't want to wear one.
Yeah, I understand it too.
Yeah - one of the worst I've ever seen personally was when one of our pitchers took a line drive come backer right in the nose. It was ugly. The kid was a great pitcher in his sophomore year and never pitched again. Pitchers' junk tends to be pretty shielded from their motion but they are always looking in at the plate.
I've been hit a few times on the mound but once was off the side of the head and the lower ones were in the gut or off the hip. I was kind of a Kent Tekulvy (sp?) type pitcher so I was practically falling down on my side as I delivered the pitch. I was a little on the wild side you might say. Elbows just a flailing away but it worked for an inning or two.
My lack of skill protected me....only one or two hard hit balls a year found their way behind the dugout fence to the bench....Yeah - one of the worst I've ever seen personally was when one of our pitchers took a line drive come backer right in the nose. It was ugly. The kid was a great pitcher in his sophomore year and never pitched again. Pitchers' junk tends to be pretty shielded from their motion but they are always looking in at the plate.
Both times I got nadded on the base pad I was just going back routinely and the pitcher's throw was off - or was it?
I've been hit in the throat or chin more times than anywhere else while playing SS - never in the nuts. Clearly I put my glove where it was more important to me.
