But Perez is seemingly indestructible. He keeps coming back for more, although he did use smelling salts during Tuesday's game to clear his sinuses a little.
"Yesterday, I felt a little dizzy after the foul ball hitting my face," Perez said before Game 5 of the American League Championship Series (3 p.m. ET air time, 4 p.m. game time on FOX Sports 1/Sportsnet).
Asked which hurt more, the foul balls or the bats hitting him on follow-throughs, Perez said, "I think the foul ball coming to my face, to here [indicating to the chin]. I think that's the worst for me.