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Broken Cup, Cracked Nut

Baseball catcher is a tough job, probably the toughest on the diamond. Even with all the protective gear, they still get taken out by the occasional jarring home-plate collision or the stray swinging bat, not to mention all that squatting is pure murder on the knees. Compared to all that, the occasional bad-bounce foul-tip ball doesn't seem like much of a hazard until I browsed upon this passage in the injury wire...

Snyder was hit by a foul ball off the bat of Milwaukee outfielder Corey Hart in the fourth inning. Snyder was diagnosed with a left testicular fracture and will have surgery on Wednesday.

Um... OUCH!

My own male sack puckered up in sympathy just reading that passage. And I don't even want to think about what they're doing in there with the surgery. Hopefully no metal screws are involved. Let it never be said, however, that catchers aren't tough SOBs.

He is hoping Snyder will require just two weeks to recover and will return after the All-Star Game.

Oh man, keep some ice on that in the meantime.