Kansas State Basketball 2024-07-03 Kansas State Basketball - Last update images today Kansas State Basketball What The Numbers Tell Us About Shakur Stevenson Vs. Artem Harutyunyan 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." 900507472 College Basketball Jan 01 West Virginia At Kansas State 2022 2023 Printable Kansas Jayhawks Basketball Schedule Full MT Desktop Kansas State Wildcats Mens Basketball K Kansasbasketballchamplogo Medium FYotRZAWQAAZ4Q0 Large BG MBB 2023 24 ScheduleRelease Scaled Kansas State Maxresdefault Printable 2023 Kansas State Wildcats Football Schedule Maxresdefault Maxresdefault 5c12904d9b7cde890507104c0fc7b78d Ku Basketball Kansas Jayhawks 2018 2019 Kansas State Basketball Schedule 612 Kansas State Wildcats Logo 1198889810 42d454c9c31527963efea523becb603b 1085108074 Maxresdefault 72912773007 Usatsi 22732957 ?crop=4418,2485,x0,y0&width=660&height=372&format=pjpg&auto=webp 72182966007 Usatsi 22263203 ?crop=4718 DE5NV3WMKVOBHP3O5QG43BQFWU 11589147 12045484 HYNLWRLP3VKKJFK6OA7ZV2Y434 Z2RYOY7BQBJ3LNSFL4LF6NWZLE Maxresdefault BasketballRecruiting Dec17 2015 460x204 Usatsi 19880370 1 IMG 6227 1d8dd 17059434391236 1920 Kansas State Wildcats Tickets 1 16870917 Scaled Usa Today 8335088.0