Even after receiving the ultimate cup check, and failing, Jazz Chisholm Jr. still has no plans to wear any protection for his jewels.
Chisholm exited Thursday’s game mid-at-bat after fouling a ball off that bounced up into his groin area, but returned to the Yankees lineup on Friday against the Reds after surviving a level of pain that he said was “a million.”
“If you ever got hit in the testicles, you would know,” Chisholm said.
Still, the second baseman said, “Hell no,” when asked if he would start wearing a cup after Thursday’s mishap.
“I’ve never had a reason to wear one,” he said. “Now I have a reason to wear one, but it doesn’t mean I’m going to wear one.
“It was mandatory in the minor leagues and I still never wore it. I’m just not a cup guy.”
Aaron Boone took a different approach during his playing career as a third baseman.
“In December going to hit soft-toss, I put a cup on,” the manager said.
“That’s the difference between this generation and my generation. I did nothing without a cup, baseball related.”
Chisholm indicated that his refusal to wear a cup had to do with his supreme confidence in his fielding ability.
“If you don’t trust your hands, I recommend you wear a cup,” he said.
As Chisholm was writhing on the ground in pain following his unfortunate foul, some of his teammates were seen laughing in the dugout.
But he said they did not give him much grief once they knew he was OK.
“They just were asking me how my [testicles] felt,” Chisholm said.
