Baseball is not a game for the faint-hearted. As the Toronto Blue Jays completed their season-opening series sweep against the Athletics, one MLB umpire proved it. Nothing can stop him from doing his job, even if it includes bleeding from a face hit. As the umpire remained quite nonchalant with a bleeding face, it caught the eye of the commentators, triggering a good laugh.

Ryan Blakney served as the home-plate umpire in the third game of the Blue Jays vs the Athletics season opener series. The MLB umpire was left bleeding from his chin after a foul ball violently hit him in the face. As his bleeding face was captured on-camera, NBC Sports California’s Dallas Braden could not help but comment on how calmly Blakney handled the injury. He ultimately ended up drawing movie references to best describe the situation.

As Blakney wiped at his bloody face, Braden took the chance to draw a hilarious Monty Python parallel.

Instagram handle awful-announcing posted the video on Instagram. They wrote, “NBC Sports California’s Dallas Braden broke out all the movie references after umpire Ryan Blakney got bloodied by a foul ball during Blue Jays-A’s.”

“Merely a flesh wound,” remarked Braden in the video, referencing the famous Black Knight scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

In the scene, the knight refuses to let King Arthur pass, keeping on fighting him till he loses both sets of his limbs. In the film, after losing both his arms, the knight remarked, “Just a flesh wound.”

Braden did not stop at Monty Python. He borrowed another quote from Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. In the 2004 movie, White Godman, played by Ben Stiller, had said, “Nobody makes me bleed my own blood- nobody!”

Now, Braden has taken it upon himself to tweak it a bit to suit the current situation.

“Nobody makes Ryan bleed his own blood,” remarked NBC California’s commentator.

In the video, Blakney can be seen calmly wiping his bloody face, putting his helmet back on, and letting everyone know he is alright with a thumbs up.

According to UmpScorecards, in his decade-long career, Blakney has an accuracy rate of 94.2% and a consistency rate of 93.7%. Blakney started his umpiring career in 2015.

While the commentators joked about Blakney’s reaction, he was fortunate to have escaped any serious injuries. Last season, first base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt was struck in the head by Tyrone Taylor’s foul line drive, causing him to walk off the field during a Mets vs Twins game. Wendelstedt was later hospitalized to recover from his injury.

Though neither Blakney nor Wendelstedt was seriously injured, the incident raises questions about an umpire’s safety on the field.

The Blue Jays swept the Oakland Athletics in three games, registering their third and final victory, 5-2, on March 29. They not only won the series but also set records.

The Blue Jays’ record-setting season opener series

For the third and final game against the Athletics, Eric Lauer took to the mound. He pitched a solid 5.1 innings, posting 9 strikeouts with a 3.38 ERA. Lauer was relieved by Braydon Fisher when the scoreboard read 5-2. The Blue Jays held the lead and cemented their victory.

In total, the Blue Jays actually made history. They set an MLB record for most strikeouts by a team in the first three games of the season. They recorded 50 strikeouts by the end of the game, reported the Toronto Sun.

The Blue Jays also celebrated their fiftieth anniversary as a team.

“Fiftieth-year anniversary of the Blue Jays and 50 strikeouts over three, pretty round number,” reportedly stated John Schneider, the manager of the Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays took a 4-0 lead with George Springer’s leadoff homer, followed by Jesus Sanchez. Kazuma Okamoto also registered his first homer for the Blue Jays.

This win, even though early in the season, solidifies them as serious contenders to clinch the World Series.