Chapel Hill Middle School 2024-07-03 Chapel Hill Middle School - Last update images today Chapel Hill Middle School Norris: No Need For Verstappen Apology After Crash ATLANTA -- Atlanta manager Brian Snitker could laugh Thursday about being hit below the belt by a foul liner off Ozzie Albies' bat in the Braves' 3-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night. The sharply hit foul ball took one hop and reached Snitker so quickly in the fifth inning he didn't have time to defend himself. But even in the moment, the 68-year-old manager smiled instead of showing any hint of pain. And, to answer the obvious question, Snitker doesn't wear a protective cup. "Without protection? Yeah, I know," Snitker said, adding he had received multiple text messages about the incident and how he smiled instead of bending over in pain. "Well, it hit me right below the belt," he said. "... OK, a little high." Snitker said he wasn't sore when he woke up Thursday but acknowledged he "tensed up" and felt some discomfort during the game. He was able to smile because the ball barely missed hitting him in a more sensitive area. Snitker said he intentionally avoided TV Thursday morning "because I said I'm not going to watch this thing." Snitker's son, Troy, who's on the Houston Astros' coaching staff, made sure the replay made it to his father. "My son sent me a video of it," Snitker said before Thursday night's game against the Giants. Albies' at-bat ended with a fly ball to center field. The Braves second baseman immediately walked up to Snitker when returning to the dugout. "He felt worse than me," Snitker said. "He's such a good kid." Snitker was a longtime third-base coach before becoming Atlanta's manager in 2016 and leading the Braves to six consecutive NL East championships and the 2021 World Series title. The third-base coaching box can also be a dangerous place, and Snitker said he suffered a broken wrist and other injuries when hit by foul balls there. Snitker said he had another reason to smile immediately after avoiding injury on Wednesday night. Braves first baseman Matt Olson told Snitker he likely would have been hit by the foul ball if Snitker, standing on the dugout steps, had not been in the way. "So I said, 'Well, I'm a hell of a lot easier to replace than he is,'" Snitker said. "So I'm glad it hit me." Maxresdefault 2022131135541940 Image Gravelly Hill CHMS Crest Transparent PNG 1512112909266 290 65 202024123821568 Image 8th Grade Students With Members Of The Chapel Hill 9 Jim Merritt David Mason Rev Albert Williams Andrea N Hall And Sashir Moore Sloan Orig Pic 1 768x511 RPfBmB0qSXa0EmxVxFcu Cdda0212eede68bcff738abe17c04914dbc6a996 DySVsmemSmy825VBCMwC RzKXWWkxRySFDZjC57PA FfncTKB8RgjSM7KGiMWr 2023522133648921 Image Maxresdefault Image 14 E1569442775736 Zoh6kB6kRBynPDeYTP0k 20229301032235 Image Chapelhill1 1030x824 202252322154343 Image 202323145017775 Image ?media Id=3018980444890043 202293010212490 Image Maxresdefault Maxresdefault High Museum Group Serious 1509390285 2013