For those that missed last night’s collision of Mark Teixeira of the Yankees and Bobby Wilson of the Angels check it out here:

As seen in the video, Teixeira clearly had an open lane to slide in and be safe, but he chose to pummel Wilson in an unnecessary act.

“The plate was open — I think he could have slid in and been safe just sliding in,” Torii Hunter said of Teixeira. “You can look at the tape over and over and say the play was clean or it was not right. It’s baseball.”

According to Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times said that pitcher Ervin Santana thought the collision may have been an act of revenge after the pitcher earlier hit Teixeira with a fastball.

Wilson suffered a concussion and an ankle injury.  He was taken to the hospital and the team placed him on the 15-day disabled list. Ryan Budde was called up to take Wilson’s spot on the roster.

After the game, Teixeira said he “felt terrible,” and that it “makes me sick” to know he injured Wilson. He tried calling the Angels catcher Friday night, but “he was on the way back [from the hospital] the first time,” Teixeira said. “The second time, he was busy in the trainers’ room. I sent over about five messages with five different people letting him know I hope he’s all right.”