As a player, I never set foot on a baseball field without wearing a cup.
My son hates the way the cup feels inside the pocket in the sliding shorts. It moves too much for him. He wears both sliding shorts and a jock strap with his cup. It provides a tighter fit and less distraction for him. I have never noticed jock strap lines through baseball pants. I guess it could be an issue if you like the "skinny jean" type of pants, but mostly what I see are pants that are not skin tight.
I really hope you take the majority of advice from this board and wear a cup. Good luck this season!
It amazes me how few high school kids wear cups these days.
Fort Asst. posted:It amazes me how few high school kids wear cups these days.
Which is ironic because they all wore them when they began playing 10 years earlier and had less reason to wear them.
All players, regardless of position, should wear a cup. Yes, that includes the outfielders as well.
When my son was on a travel team, during practice one evening the coach was hitting fly balls, line drives to the outfield. One of the outfielders misplayed a line drive and everyone clearly heard the ball hit his cup. That ended any argument for not wearing a cup for the outfielders.
Another odd story. Travel team is playing a tournament at a 4 field complex. Coach is coaching 3B. From the neighboring field a foul ball hit the coach right on the top of the head. He had a headache for the rest of the day. Made the case for wearing a helmet while coaching.
He used to. He doesn't anymore. It's his genitalia. If it elongates the time frame to becoming a grandfather, I'm OK with that.