The Hit Is Just Part Of The Game Wilson Says

Los Angeles Angels catcher Bobby Wilson finally has some idea of what happened to him Friday night in a violent collision at the plate with Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira.

For a little while, Wilson didn’t remember much about the play in which Teixeira barrelled into him.

“I just don’t remember anything that went on,” Wilson said. “My head was pounding. When I was at the plate I was out of it, I don’t remember anybody talking to me. I was out.”

Now that he’s seen replays, the 27 year old rookie has a little bit better idea of how he went from getting the start in his first Major League Baseball game to the emergency room.

He left Chapman University hospital with a concussion and sprained left ankle.

Some of Wilson’s Angeles teammates have questioned Teixeira’s motives on the play, but not Wilson.

“He was playing baseball,” Wilson said. “He was playing hard. I know he got hit a few pitches earlier, but he was playing baseball.”