MESA, Ariz. — The A’s haven’t had much concern about Bruce Maxwell’s legal issues causing him to miss time this season. They might have good reason to worry about concussions, however.
Maxwell took a backswing to the head in the second inning of the team’s Cactus League opener Friday at Hohokam Stadium and exited the game.
“I’m not dead! Not dead yet!” he said, strolling by reporters later in the afternoon while still going through the concussion protocol. “I’m fine.”
After the A’s 9-8 win over the Angels, manager Bob Melvin said Maxwell did not have a concussion, “just a big knot on his head.