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The broadcast cameras caught the painful words from George Springer: "Can't do nothing but laugh."
The Toronto Blue Jays' star DH had just returned this week from an injury, a fracture to his left big toe.
And then there he was on Saturday, sitting on the ground, injured again.
It looked, visually, like it was the exact same spot.
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What happened to George Springer?
Springer was hit by a pitch in his second at bat of Saturday's game in Minnesota.
His front, left foot took the low, inside fastball right off the top of the foot. Slow-motion replays sure seemed to show it quite close to that toe that had just healed up.
He sat on the ground for a few minutes, but it was clear pretty much right away he knew it wasn't good.
Springer exited the game with a heavy limp as Jesus Sanchez came in to pinch-run for him.
It's hard to know for sure, but he may be looking at another absence -- for the same reason he just returned from.
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