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The Mets described Díaz’s condition as a “right knee injury.” It was the result of a collision in the celebration, a person briefed on the matter told The Athletic. Díaz will undergo further testing Thursday. Though the severity of the injury is not yet known, it nevertheless sent shockwaves throughout the sport. That included across the country to Phoenix, where several of Díaz’s Mets teammates were in uniform on Wednesday for Team USA’s quarterfinal victory over Colombia.

“I just feel horrible for him,” Mets first baseman Pete Alonso said after the game. “He’s worked really hard to get to where he’s at. He’s not only worked incredibly hard and reinvented himself but he was just an absolute force last year. To get where he was at is incredible. He’s such a hard worker, he’s a great teammate. I feel frustrated for him and we’re going to miss him for sure.”

Meanwhile, scenes around loanDepot Park in Miami indicated a level of seriousness to the situation. After the game, as both team managers and key players participated in news conferences, multiple Puerto Rico staff members paced the hallway outside the clubhouses, many wiping away tears. One was Alexis Díaz, still as distraught as he was on the field.

“It sucks,” Molina said. “When you see a guy that works so hard like Edwin, I mean when you see him on the ground like that … it just is sad.”

Enrique Hernández was not part of the initial celebration because he was running in from the outfield, along with Eddie Rosario and MJ Melendez. But it didn’t take long to realize that something was wrong with one of the team’s most vibrant leaders.

“Aside from being the best closer in the game right now and being a huge part of this team, Sugar is one of the glue guys in that clubhouse,” Hernandez said. “He’s been leading the charge in terms of setting up parties for us in Fort Myers, to start getting together as a team and having a good time and getting to know each other, the guys that don’t know each other. Same here, he was one of the guys that set up that big dinner we had last night. He’s just a guy that, I mean, I’m just going to put it out there, like he has a really big bank account, but his heart is way bigger than his bank account is.”

Fman99 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:05 am I liked it better in the 1950s where they all just shook hands and left the field.

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:27 pmFuckity fuckity!

nymr83 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:33 amFuck the WBC!

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:57 am It seemed to happen in stages. First he seemed stiff coming off the mound and walking toward the catcher. Then, when the first player reaches him for a quick celebratory bump-hug, he's slow to get his right leg behind him to counter the impact, which should be sort of intuitive, and when the leg finally gets back there, he kind of tries to avoid actually planting it solidly.

Then, when the scrum starts their minor hopping show, he crumbles seemingly on the first hop.

He might have actually done the whole injury on the pitch, and the other things were failed tests.

G-Fafif wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:34 am

Fman99 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:05 am I liked it better in the 1950s where they all just shook hands and left the field.

Around the one-minute mark, Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers celebrate winning Game Seven of the 1965 World Series like they have to prepare for Game Eight.