PITTSBURGH -- Get hit in the head, the crowd falls into a concerned silence.
Get hit in the ankle or knee and there are ways the medical staff can help.
Get hit in the, uh, crown jewels, and there's nothing anyway can do for you except offer sympathy and suppress their smirks.
Such was the lot of Leonys Martin on Wednesday night. After he chopped a foul ball off the plate that ricocheted and hit his groin, he knew the only thing that would cure the pain was time.
"It was the worst pain I've ever been through in baseball.