Credit to LeBronald Acuna Jr. for Making a Miraculous Recovery After Zack Wheeler Almost Severed His Arm
Ronald Acuna Jr. got hit in the forearm by Zack Wheeler in the 6th. He was down for so long Rob Manfred is bringing an injury clock rule to the next owners meeting to be voted on:
Acuña appears to be in serious pain after being hit by a pitch. pic.twitter.com/gLF9A6Gz4i
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 13, 2022
Very brave for Acuna to limp to first after being hit in the arm:
Acuña is going to stay in this game! 👏 pic.twitter.com/lTKqfnY80s
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 13, 2022
Listen, I’m not some fucking meathead who thinks 96 to the arm doesn’t sting. But holy shit Acuna’s giving postgame interviews like he was shot and stayed in the game:
https://twitter.com/kylepaganCB/status/1580394293746728961?s=20&t=3SjmQl8h_2LwcB8PBOcNgQ
You got hit in the meat of the forearm. Now you’re talking about not missing the entire postseason? Give me a break.
Maybe I’m being ridiculous. Maybe Acuna doesn’t even know who LeBron is. They’re probably polar opposites:
Acuña hit LeBron's pregame celly and the King was loving it 👑 @BRWalkoff
(via @BravesOnBally) pic.twitter.com/BWcCdHxYYo
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 11, 2022
Acuna doing LeBron’s silencer in South Beach is extra and amazing 😂 pic.twitter.com/EXCfMYK2rT
— Long Nguyen (@heylongnguyen) August 13, 2022
Now was Acuna the reason they lost? Nope that was the worst fielding first baseman in the NL:
Rhys Hoskins graded out at minus-6 Outs Above Average at first base this season.
That ranked last among all NL first basemen who played at least 1,000 innings at first.
— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) October 13, 2022
But you can’t tell me that didn’t have something to do with Wheeler’s rhythm. I don’t care what he says. He was MOWING Brave after Brave down until he had to wait for Acuna to get his shit together.