What does futility look like?
Does it look like a grown man?
Does it look like a grown man in spectacles in the front row of Yankees Stadium hopelessly unable to handle three foul balls on television?
Does it look like a grown man in spectacles in the front row of Yankees Stadium hopelessly unable to handle three foul balls on television, including one gently tossed by a ball boy specifically TO him?
Does it look like a grown man in spectacles in the front row of Yankees Stadium hopelessly unable to handle three foul balls on television, including one gently tossed by a ball boy specifically to him, while the color-commentators make fun of him?
For what it's worth, you're in good company, buddy.