Diamondbacks reliever seals victory over Rockies after swallowing fly mid pitch: 'I gagged a little'

Playing baseball is hard enough to begin with. Yet, Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Jalen Beeks encountered another degree of difficulty in the team’s 8-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. 

Beeks, 32, swallowed a fly while he was in the middle of his delivery towards home plate. 

"Yeah, l swallowed a fly when I lifted my leg," Beeks said via MLB.com. "Never had that happen, but, you know, we got through it. We got the win. That’s the important thing."

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Beeks was unbothered by his encounter with the fly.

"I gagged a little bit. It just took me a second, but I wa...