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The painful possibility of going cupless

By Jim Caple
Page 2

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

There are three things in baseball that are a reliable source for laughter. 1. Mr. Met. 2. A player getting hit in the groin. 3. Mr. Met getting hit in the groin. Oh sure, at first we grimace and turn away when we see someone hit in the toolbox, but once the player gets out of the fetal position and stops vomiting, that grimace almost always turns into a grin. Not that getting hit in the Chicken McNuggets is a comic device strictly limited to baseball. It is the single most reliable gag in ...

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