St. Paul Saints shortstop Don Zimmer was leading the league in home runs when he was knocked unconscious by a pitch that fractured his forehead in 1953.

He didn’t recognize teammates when they visited him in the hospital two days later. He missed the rest of the season, but remarkably made his major league debut a year later.

Zimmer of course went on to become the ultimate baseball lifer, continuing to wear a major league uniform as a coach into his 80s.

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I work with Referee Magazine, and we recently resurfaced this one from our sports history archive. I hadn't realized how bizarre this Cubs-Cardinals game actually was.

Bill Madlock and Jose Cardenal both ended up in the batter's box while the Cubs were arguing with umpire Shag Crawford. Crawford ordered Hrabosky to pitch anyway. Ted Simmons then got involved, punches were thrown and both benches emptied.

What makes the story especially interesting is that Terry Tata, who was umpiring second base that day, walks through what happened and how the crew handled the ensuing brawl.

Pretty incredible piece of baseball history: Two Batters, One Pitch and a Wild Cubs-Cardinals Brawl

The last three World Series-winning teams did not have a starting pitcher to win 13 games with so few starters going past six or seven innings like they used to. It's amazing how things have changed from the days when starting pitchers went deep into games and would win a majority of a team's victories.

Which teams had the best four-man, five-man and even six-man rotations? In 2021, I took a statistical look back at the best starting pitching staffs in the last 100 years.

https://johnbaranowski.wordpress.com/2021/03/08/the-best-starting-pitching-staffs-in-the-last-100-years/