Presenting ... The Nutty Buddy

[Del_B_Vista]

This is an IDEA award winner from the Industrial Designers Society of America. I can't get over the name of the new-fangled athletic cup: The Nutty Buddy.

Have fun ...

 

[Point of Order]

...provides never-before-seen levels of comfort while being able to withstand a baseball traveling at more than 100 mph.

OUCH!

And it doesn't look big enough to protect everyone.

 

[Ace]

Two things:

1. I always thought the shape of a "cup" was wrong. (Though this thing looks like a pretzel dish.)

2. Who was the lucky ******* who got to test a pitch in the nads at 100 mph?

 

[Chi City 81]

2. Who was the lucky ******* who got to test a pitch in the nads at 100 mph?

John Kruk?

 

[Buck]

Isn't a Nutty Buddy a prepackaged ice cream cone with chocolate and nuts?
It's similar to a Drum Stick.

 

[John]

Isn't a Nutty Buddy a prepackaged ice cream cone with chocolate and nuts?
It's similar to a Drum Stick.

Love the Nutty Buddy. My favorite ice cream treat since I was a kid.

 

[bagelchick]

My baby brother was heavily responsible for getting this product developed and marketed.  A bronze award winner in the same competition.

Please allow me a moment to brag....

http://www.idsa.org/IDEA2006/galleries/idea/idea2006/award_details.asp?id=56&cat=3

 

[Buck]

Isn't a Nutty Buddy a prepackaged ice cream cone with chocolate and nuts?
It's similar to a Drum Stick.

Love the Nutty Buddy. My favorite ice cream treat since I was a kid.

I love them, too.
It must be a regional thing, because I never saw Drum Sticks when I was a kid. It was always Nutty Buddies.

 

[doubledown68]

It needs a better name... like Ball Blocker, Nad Net, Bean Bag cover... something.

 

[slappy4428]

Don't chazp me here. AP moved a story on this today: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVGhQR-t-3ArmAmCyzuiMERmO_hgD8TE4V400.

The <a href="">YouTube video</a> has to be seen to be believed. It's a combination of Tom Emanski and Super Troopers, complete with a testimonial from ... Chris Friggin' Sabo!

I think Mark Littell taking a fastball in the nads from an Iron Mike is testimonial enough...

 

[mike311gd]

2. Who was the lucky ******* who got to test a pitch in the nads at 100 mph?

John Kruk?

Sure, make fun of those with one nut. Isn't being John Kruk punishment enough?

 

[mike311gd]

Don't chazp me here. AP moved a story on this today: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVGhQR-t-3ArmAmCyzuiMERmO_hgD8TE4V400.

The <a href="">YouTube video</a> has to be seen to be believed. It's a combination of Tom Emanski and Super Troopers, complete with a testimonial from ... Chris Friggin' Sabo!

 

[buckweaver]

Don't chazp me here. AP moved a story on this today: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVGhQR-t-3ArmAmCyzuiMERmO_hgD8TE4V400.

The <a href="">YouTube video</a> has to be seen to be believed. It's a combination of Tom Emanski and Super Troopers, complete with a testimonial from ... Chris Friggin' Sabo!

Vaguely resembles Mark Littell. Watch the video.

 

[Write-brained]

Video is nuts, pun intended. Glad to see Chris Sabo on there as well. I'm surprised he didn't volunteer to take a shot without the cup ...

 

[mike311gd]

Video is nuts, pun intended. Glad to see Chris Sabo on there as well. I'm surprised he didn't volunteer to take a shot without the cup ...

Yeah, because Sabo provided a lot of insight: "I had by cup shattered by Jack Clark in '88 on a one-hopper, and it didn't feel too good."

He should go back to corking bats.

 

[Angola!]

My baby brother was heavily responsible for getting this product developed and marketed. A bronze award winner in the same competition.

Please allow me a moment to brag....

http://www.idsa.org/IDEA2006/galleries/idea/idea2006/award_details.asp?id=56&cat=3

Not sure how everyone else let this one pass, but was your brother the one that tested it against the 100 mph baseball?

 

[Orange Hat Bobcat]

Watched the video. Mark Littell is nuts. Chris Sabo is, uh, well, maybe he took too many balls to the head rather than his cup (test-uh-clees?), and the Nutty Buddy is ... hilarious and effective.

 

[Write-brained]

Watched the video. Mark Littell is nuts. Chris Sabo is, uh, well, maybe he took too many balls to the head rather than his cup (test-uh-clees?), and the Nutty Buddy is ... hilarious and effective.

Like I said, suprised he didn't volunteer to take one without the cup.

 

[EmbassyRow]

Just remember, kids: Even the Nutty Buddy can't protect your boys from an errant glob of Icy Hot meant for the thigh.

Oh, the burning.

 

[Del_B_Vista]

Are those hard baseballs, Lacey?