ATLANTA — Atlanta supervisor Brian Snitker may snicker Thursday about being hit beneath the belt by a foul liner off Ozzie Albies’ bat within the Braves’ 3-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night time.
The sharply hit foul ball took one hop and reached Snitker so rapidly within the fifth inning he did not have time to defend himself. However even within the second, the 68-year-old supervisor smiled as a substitute of displaying any trace of ache.
And, to reply the apparent query, Snitker would not put on a protecting cup.
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“With out safety? Yeah, I do know,” Snitker stated, including he had obtained a number of textual content messages in regards to the incident and the way he smiled as a substitute of bending over in ache.
“Properly, it hit me proper beneath the belt,” he stated. “… OK, just a little excessive.”
Snitker stated he wasn’t sore when he awoke Thursday however acknowledged he “tensed up” and felt some discomfort in the course of the recreation. He was in a position to smile as a result of the ball barely missed hitting him in a extra delicate space.
Snitker stated he deliberately prevented TV Thursday morning “as a result of I stated I am not going to look at this factor.” Snitker’s son, Troy, who’s on the Houston Astros’ teaching employees, made certain the replay made it to his father.
“My son despatched me a video of it,” Snitker stated earlier than Thursday night time’s recreation in opposition to the Giants.
Albies’ at-bat ended with a fly ball to heart subject. The Braves second baseman instantly walked as much as Snitker when returning to the dugout.
“He felt worse than me,” Snitker stated. “He is such child.”
Snitker was a longtime third-base coach earlier than turning into Atlanta’s supervisor in 2016 and main the Braves to 6 consecutive NL East championships and the 2021 World Sequence title. The third-base teaching field may also be a harmful place, and Snitker stated he suffered a damaged wrist and different accidents when hit by foul balls there.
Snitker stated he had another excuse to smile instantly after avoiding damage on Wednesday night time.
Braves first baseman Matt Olson instructed Snitker he possible would have been hit by the foul ball if Snitker, standing on the dugout steps, had not been in the way in which.
“So I stated, ‘Properly, I am a hell of rather a lot simpler to switch than he’s,'” Snitker stated. “So I am glad it hit me.”
