Francona loses tooth while chewing tobacco

Game 3 of the American League Championship Series had everything from bloody fingers to middle fingers to ripped foam fingers.

Now, you can add missing teeth to that equation.

A day after the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays tangoed at the Rogers Centre, visiting skipper Terry Francona told a story about how one of his teeth popped out before first pitch.

"Right before the game, I mean, like literally, my lower tooth, the veneer came off, and I'm chewing and it felt crunchy," Francona told reporters. "I was like, 'Uh oh.' So, I undid my tobacco and there's my tooth."

In a panic, Francona called head athletic trainer James Quinlan to the dugout to inform him of the circumstances.

"I'm pissed now. I'm hot. I called James down and I gave him my tooth, and I said, 'You call (our team dentist) and tell him I'm going to beat (him).' I said, 'Tell (our team dentist) he better find me a (expletive) dentist up here tomorrow.'"

Shortly after that, blood began gushing from his starting pitcher's finger in the first inning. Trevor Bauer, who slit his finger tinkering with his drone days earlier, was having problems of his own.

But Francona didn't have time to worry about that, he was too concerned about being toothless in Toronto.

"So then James comes back in like the third inning and I said, 'Tell me you found a dentist.' He goes, 'I came to tell you about Trevor.' I go, 'Screw Trevor!'"

The Indians' manager would end up making it through the game. Not only that, but he met up with a dentist in Toronto at 1 a.m. to fix his tooth.

A day later, he's good as new.

"How about that," he said. "That's unbelievable. I'm good to go."