LOS ANGELES – Pedro Florimon swatted a foul ball off his cleat Monday night and dropped to the dirt. He did not know it then, but his right foot was broken. The foul ball fractured a bone near his big toe. He was in pain, but the Phillies utility man told the team’s trainers that he could still hit.
Florimon picked himself off the ground and finished the at-bat, popped up and hobbled to first base. Gabe Kapler called Florimon a “warrior” after the 31-year old chose to play with a broken foot.
“I don’t know,” Florimon said when asked to explain how he continued his at-bat despite the injury.