{"id":52236,"date":"2025-05-13T06:45:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T05:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=52236"},"modified":"2025-05-13T06:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T05:45:38","slug":"even-in-pain-oswaldo-cabrera-makes-aaron-judge-and-fans-smile-with-a-simple-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/even-in-pain-oswaldo-cabrera-makes-aaron-judge-and-fans-smile-with-a-simple-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Even In Pain, Oswaldo Cabrera Makes Aaron Judge (and Fans) Smile with a Simple Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a few hours on Monday night, everything was going right for the Yankees. And then it wasn&rsquo;t. In the ninth inning of what had been a feel-good win in Seattle, the mood turned in an instant. Oswaldo Cabrera, the ever-smiling utility man who&rsquo;s become a clubhouse favorite for his heart and hustle, lay flat on the dirt at home plate, his ankle twisted the wrong way.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thoughts and prayers for Oswaldo Cabrera &#128591; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L2oVkoJDKr\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/L2oVkoJDKr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dillard Barnhart (@BarnHasSpoken2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarnHasSpoken2\/status\/1922147275154800908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>He had just scored on a sacrifice fly, dodging the catcher to avoid a tag, but when he planted and turned back toward the plate, his ankle gave out. The stadium fell silent. The air cast came out. And minutes later, the 25-year-old was being stretchered off the field, surrounded by medical staff and stunned teammates.<\/p><p>There are moments in a season that remind you how fragile the joy of this game can be. This was one of them.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trent Grisham Wiped Away a Tear<\/h2><p><em>&ldquo;He shows up every day with the right attitude,&rdquo;<\/em> said Trent Grisham, visibly emotional in the clubhouse afterward. <em>&ldquo;He plays the game hard, and he&rsquo;s the best person off the field.&rdquo;<\/em> Grisham, who&rsquo;s only been teammates with Cabrera for a year, had to pause to wipe a tear.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"He shows up everyday with the right attitude, plays the game hard, and he's the best person off the field.\"<br><br>&ndash; Trent Grisham on what Oswaldo Cabrera means to this Yankee team <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dQUIPfYpZe\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/dQUIPfYpZe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; YES Network (@YESNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YESNetwork\/status\/1922154449356701999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Aaron Boone echoed the sentiment, his voice thick with emotion.<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the best of people you&rsquo;re going to come across,&rdquo;<\/em> the Yankees manager said. <em>&ldquo;The kind of teammate that he is, the joy he walks into this room with every single day&hellip; He&rsquo;s an example in so many ways for anyone to look to, of how to go about living their lives. Your heart breaks any time something serious happens. And all of us, and you guys too, know Oswaldo Cabrera and what a special person he is.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oswaldo Cabrera Asked Aaron Judge If He Scored<\/h2><p>For a player who&rsquo;s made a career out of doing the little things, the sacrifices, the energy, the versatility, it was a cruel twist of fate. But even as he was being loaded into an ambulance, Cabrera couldn&rsquo;t help but be himself.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"He's the best of people you are going to come across.\"<br><br>&ndash; Aaron Boone on Oswaldo Cabrera's positive attitude he brings to the field <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AIUHHILLXM\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/AIUHHILLXM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; YES Network (@YESNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YESNetwork\/status\/1922156243298181510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;Before he got on,&rdquo;<\/em> Boone recalled with a bittersweet smile, <em>&ldquo;he kinda said, &lsquo;Judgey, did I score?&rsquo;<\/em> <em>And Judgey said, &lsquo;Yeah.&rsquo; So that made him smile.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><strong>ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/marcus-stroman-injury-update-latest-setback-means-yankees-likely-off-the-hook-for-2026-option\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Marcus Stroman Injury Update: Latest Setback Means Yankees Likely Off the Hook for 2026 Option<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>In a moment filled with paid, Waldo still found a way to make others laugh. That&rsquo;s who he is.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Judgey, did I score?\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4862,346,4919,483],"class_list":["post-52236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-aaron-boone","tag-aaron-judge","tag-oswaldo-cabrera","tag-yankees"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Even In Pain, Oswaldo Cabrera Makes Aaron Judge (and Fans) Smile with a Simple Question - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Oswaldo Cabrera had to be stretchered off with a scary ankle injury, but not before he once again showed why he&#039;s loved so much.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/even-in-pain-oswaldo-cabrera-makes-aaron-judge-and-fans-smile-with-a-simple-question\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Even In Pain, Oswaldo Cabrera Makes Aaron Judge (and Fans) Smile with a Simple Question - 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