“It was like I was watching it in slow motion,” is howNew York Mets player Tyrone Taylor describes the frightening moment of hitting a foul line to first base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt during the Queens game against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday at Target Field.
After taking the blow to the left side of his head, Wendelstedt was able to get up and walk off the field under his own power, but went straight to the hospital, where he underwent further tests to rule out any problems as a result of what they are always exposed to, players and umpires in a baseball game: that ‘Doña Blanca arrives without even knocking on the door’
The umpire is fine and is being tested in hospital
The Mets lost to the Twins 4-3 in the third game of the series, in which Minnesota won 2-1, but that was the least of it after the tremendous accident that almost triggered a tragedy, and for which Tyrone Taylor has a tremendous burden on his conscience, although it was obviously not his fault and it is one of those things that happen in baseball.
A Major League Baseball spokesperson told the media after the game that Hunter Wendelstedt was “in good spirits” from the moment he was taken off the field, after crew chief Todd Tichenor checked that he was “coherent in his speech” and had no major damage.
Bitter memories for Taylor
Tyrone Taylor described the unfortunate moment in the sixth inning as “just scary” and that the incident reminded him of a line drive he hit into the stands early in his career that injured a fan: “I feel like it was my fault,” he said.
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