MIAMI − Detroit Tigers All-Star Javier Báez looked like he had been in a Rocky movie . On the losing end. He had a nasty shiner -- his left eye was swollen and discolored after fouling a ball off his forehead.

“It’s getting purple now but it’s good,” Báez said.

He broke into a smile while talking about it, and that tells you everything you need to know.

“Javy is doing very well,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said on Saturday, Sept.13. “It looks, obviously, like it hurts but he's reporting that he's doing fine.”

While playing against the Miami Marlins , Báez fouled a ball off his face while swinging at a changeup Friday, Sept.12. Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA TODAY Quick Cross now.

“That pitch was kind of into me,” Báez said. “I thought it was going to be a slid

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