Great baseball card story, albeit modern -

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Funny, the very first thing I thought of when I saw Keith Comstock's name was that I remember pulling his 1988 Topps error card out of a pack (white letter variation) and being thrilled...because I think Becket had it listed at like $8.00 or something back in 1988.

And then he actually mentions that card in this article.

I still have it.

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[JollyElm]

I gotta be honest, this whole thing is annoying.
That ball is definitely not hitting him in the nuts, or cup, or anything. It's basically hitting his thigh. His 'package' is untouched! If the story is true, why didn't he glue the ball directly to the crotch area of his pants????? Talk about being off-centered.

[ramram]

I thought for sure the article was going to devolve into a story of how all that Super Glue he put onto his pants ended up soaking through and glueing his "package" to his body.

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[drcy]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I gotta be honest, this whole thing is annoying.
That ball is definitely not hitting him in the nuts, or cup, or anything. It's basically hitting his thigh. His 'package' is untouched! If the story is true, why didn't he glue the ball directly to the crotch area of his pants????? Talk about being off-centered.

I get the sense he was new to the supergluing a baseball to your pants thing. A margin of error in placement is to be expected.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I agree he was definitely only off by a standard deviation...

[sycks22]

I can just picture the photographer giving up and saying "let's do it"