HOUSTON — Oh, no.
No!
Please God, not again.
Atlanta, cursed all season with injuries, losing their future World Series MVP to COVID-19 at the start of the postseason, their Game 1 starter with a broken leg, and now their GM with COVID, were in shock.
Here it was, just the second batter into the game Tuesday night, and Atlanta ace Max Fried was lying on the ground in pain.
His teammates stared in disbelief.
"Oh (Bleep)! Oh, (Bleep)! Oh (bleep)," catcher Travis d'Arnaud yelled.
Atlanta CEO Terry McGuirk’s mind raced back to 2013.