He was plagued by terrible headaches from the concussion. Sometimes, he would wake up in a panic as he remembered the baseball speeding toward his face.
And he does remember everything from the Brewers’ March 20 game against the Dodgers last spring training, when Matt West’s high, inside pitch struck him on the left side of the face.
He especially remembers the blood rushing from his nose as he lay near the plate. He then was carted off the field on a stretcher to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with multiple facial fractures that required surgery.