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Andrew Joseph

Chipper Jones hilariously roasted John Smoltz’s agonizing reaction to getting hit by a pitch in 1996

The Atlanta Braves typically have a television broadcast booth of Brandon Gaudin and Jeff Francoeur. But for Wednesday’s series finale against the New York Mets, they brought back the unconventional players only booth, and it didn’t disappoint.

They even had John Smoltz showing some personally.

The booth included former Braves Chipper Jones, Brian McCann, Tom Glavine, Smoltz and Francoeur. And at one point during the game, the broadcast brought up a clip of Smoltz getting hit by a pitch from Mark Thompson in a 1996 game against the Rockies. Now, no matter the era, it’s never fun to get hit by a big-league pitch. But Smoltz didn’t exactly show off a high pain tolerance there.

As Smoltz tried to argue that the took the pitch to the kidney, Jones just went ahead and roasted his former teammate. “Does the tuna! So, this is what the tuna looks like,” Jones said as the rest of the booth laughed along.

And in case you were wondering, Smoltz was totally fine after that hit by pitch. He struck out 10 in 8.1 innings, and the Braves won that game, 8-3.

Fans loved everything about that clip.

This was how Twitter reacted

The Braves need more of those broadcasts.

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