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Alcides Escobar doesn’t misjudge ground balls often, but when he does, they hit him right where it hurts.

The Kansas City Royals shortstop took a grounder right to the jewels Wednesday and it looked …well, not good.

https://twitter.com/notjoserivera/status/613917701413670916

Getting hit in the nuts with hard-hit baseballs is becoming an epidemic. Just ask pitcher and Escobar’s teammate Jason Vargas who got nailed there with a line drive earlier this season.

[h/t SB Nation]


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