iStock/Thinkstock(PITTSBURGH) — Atlanta Braves infielder Erick Aybar was pulled from Thursday’s lineup due an unusual injury. He had a chicken bone stuck in his throat.
Aybar was sent to the hospital to be sedated and have the bone removed.
#Braves SS Erick Aybar got a chicken bone stuck in throat at lunch, taken to doctor to be sedated and have it removed.
— David O’Brien (@DOBrienAJC) May 19, 2016
Braves’ interim manager Brian Snitker said the shortstop looked okay when he departed from the hospital.
Snitker on Aybar: “He looked okay when he left, but he wasn’t speaking real well. Let’s just hope everything works out alright.”
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) May 19, 2016
But according to MLB.com’s Mark Bowman, the bone had already been moved.
Aybar has returned to the stadium. The chicken bone had already been dislodged when doctors attempted to remove it from his throat.
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) May 19, 2016
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