About 10 months ago, in this blog’s relative infancy, we had a video love of the day post on the Nutty Buddy, an athletic support device that featured its proprietor taking a pitching machine delivery right in the toast in order to prove a point about how good the cup was. Well, the times they are a changin’. The Nutty Buddy has been all over the mainstream media in recent days: CNN, Fox, MSNBC, etc. No fewer than three people have sent links about it, meaning we were fundamentally obligated to do a post about it. It’s actually kind of fun to read a serious news story about it. Here is the first part of the AP story: Mark Littell believes he has a better way to protect himself, and the former major leaguer will risk his manhood to prove it. In a video posted on YouTube, Littell is perched on a wooden pallet bracing himself as assistants aim the barrel of a pitching machine between his legs. On cue, the machine fires a baseball that smacks Littell right in the — well, you know — with a resounding whomp.
Littell stands and flexes his muscles, unfazed. “Yes sir folks,” he says into the camera. “The Nutty Buddy: It’s mean, it’s tough, and it’s right there for ya, every time.” Littell, 54, says nine seasons with the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals helped him design an athletic cup that’s ahead of the competition. The challenge now is to convince ball players that a good cup is worth the extra money. “All people have to do is try it,” Littell says.

Lord beer us strength. Can we get one in “Hog” and one in “Mongo?” Thanks.

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