Yadier Molina sticks to baseball. Literally. - MLB

The Cubs and Cardinals are still in action so no one has talked about it yet, but something pretty nuts happened in their game this afternoon.

I have no idea how this occurred — Pine tar? Velcro? Someone rubbing a balloon on their head? — and no one I’ve talked to online has a great explanation for it yet either, but I’m assuming the story is gonna be a pretty good one once we hear it.

All we have now is this GIF, in which it takes Yadier Molina a few moments to find the baseball he thinks he lost:

File this under things you’ve never seen before … pic.twitter.com/zgr3eT8HP8

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) April 6, 2017

That Molina is really a glue guy for the Cardinals, eh? He’s one of the best catchers in the game and nothing can change that even if he’s a magnet for criticism at times.

Or:

@craigcalcaterra Stick to baseball.

— The Dangerous Mabry (@DangerousMabry) April 6, 2017

Yeah, that’s the ticket.

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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins needs surgery for a torn ACL after injuring his left knee Thursday fielding a grounder in a spring training game and is expected to miss a significant amount of time.

The Phillies did not say when Hoskins would have the surgery or exactly how long the slugging first baseman might be sidelined.

Hoskins hit 30 homers with 79 RBIs last season for the reigning National League champions.

He was backing up to play a chopper on Thursday when the ball popped out of his glove. Sooner after, he fell to the ground and began clutching his left knee. Teammates gathered around him before he was taken off of the field.

Hoskins, a free agent at the end of the season who turned 30 last week, hit six homers in Philadelphia’s playoff run last season. The Phillies lost to the Houston Astros in the World Series.

The injury was another blow for the Phillies, who will be without top pitching prospect Andrew Painter for another few weeks because of a sprained ligament in his right elbow. And slugger Bryce Harper isn’t expected back until around the All-Star break after undergoing Tommy John surgery in November.