Aw poor thing! But the way the whole root ball came off, there wasn't much hope was there.
Acrually the wound you showed us made me think of disease - the stem looked like a bone joint, the surface was all slick, not torn as it would be if indeed it came off solely by mechanical means... I've come across something like that in my reading, but for the life of me can't remember any details, sorry, which is why I didn't say anything at the time.
Yeah awesome the way the Pineapple Fields is going though!