(USA Today)While enjoying dinner with his wife on Monday, Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Brandon McCarthy suffered a seizure that doctors have linked back to the head injury he sustained when struck in the head by a line drive last September.

The direct blow off the bat of Erick Aybar caused a brain contusion and skull fracture, and McCarthy required emergency surgery to remove bleeding that was causing pressure on his brain. It was a life-threatening situation that McCarthy pulled through physically and put behind him mentally in order to make his remarkable comeback to the mound this season.

But now comes this reminder of just how serious the situation was then, and though doctors warned McCarthy that seizures were possible in wake of his injuries, it also shows how unpredictable injuries to the head and particularly the brain can be.

The Arizona Republic's Nick Piecoro has more:

McCarthy was at a restaurant in north Phoenix with his wife, Amanda, on Monday night when the incident occurred.

After he slumped over in a booth, Amanda climbed across, pushed the table away and called for help.

He was taken to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, where a CT scan determined he had not suffered additional head trauma. He said he was put on anti-seizure medication.

“I remember someone restraining me and telling me I had a seizure,” McCarthy said. “I don’t really remember much past that until I was at the hospital.”

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When you earn four curtain calls in your first five games at the major league level, you've already proven yourself worthy of your very own T-shirt.

On Friday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers obliged their rookie sensation, Yaisel Puig, and honored him with the new T-shirt you see pictured above. The "Viva Puig" T-shirt was available to all who attended Friday night's game at Dodger Stadium. A game where Puig's legend continued to grow after hitting a game-tying home run in the sixth and being intentionally walked in the eighth. The Dodgers later won 2-1 in 10 innings.

So Puig gets his own T-shirt, which is awesome. And it's not a bad looking shirt, either. However, it seems there are some creative folks out there who believe they can do a little better than the Dodgers when it comes to creativity.

In particular, Dave Pomerantz created a pretty interesting shirt that you can see below.

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To say Saturday was a wild day in baseball would be an understatement. In fact, ESPN's Jayson Stark tells us it was only the second day in MLB history where two games were played that lasted 18 innings or longer.

We’ll begin with the longest game of the day, which is also the longest game of the season. It took place at Citi Field in New York and the exciting pitching matchup featured 20-year-old Jose Fernandez for the Marlins against Mets ace Matt Harvey. It’s actually the second time those two young pitchers have faced off this season. The first time, on April 29, was a 15-inning game won by the Marlins, 4-3. On Saturday, the teams managed to go five innings longer, with the Marlins squeezing out a 2-1 victory in 20 on Adeiny Hechavarria's RBI single.

Incredibly, the same two pitchers matching up in multiple games of 15 or more innings in the same season has happened before, but you have to go all the way back to 1884. That's even before Bernando LaPolla was born, regardless of which date of birth you prefer to recognize. According to ESPN, Jim Whitney (Boston Beaneaters) and Old Hoss Radbourn (Providence Grays) were the pitchers.

Among the other interesting facts surrounding the game: Mets starter Shaun Marcum was actually called on to throw eight full innings of relief. The last time any pitcher threw eight innings in relief was Scott Sanderson when he pitched for the Cubs in 1989. The Mets also set a new franchise record in futility by going 0 for 19 with runners in scoring position. That will sting for awhile.

Meanwhile, in Toronto: The Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays were engaging in their own marathon at Rogers Centre on Saturday afternoon that required 18 innings to resolve. The home standing Blue Jays finally pulled out the 4-3 victory on Rajai Davis' walkoff single to conclude what amounted to the longest game in the history of both franchises.

(@CoryHahn34)Though most of us demand results and conclusions immediately, it can take years to determine whether or not a team struck gold or missed the boat on a draft pick.

Or at least that’s how it works in most cases. In the case of the Arizona Diamondbacks and their 34th round selection Cory Hahn, we already know they hit a home run.

A very long, powerful and memorable home run.

John Manuel of Baseball America explains why:

The Diamondbacks drafted Arizona State outfielder Cory Hahn in the 34th round, a classy move by the organization to honor the paralyzed former Sun Devils and Mater Dei High player.

Hahn, a member of USA Baseball’s 18U national team, is a C5 quadriplegic, becoming paralyzed from the chest down being injured in a slide at second base in a February 2011 game against New Mexico. He was just a week into his freshman season for the Sun Devils when he was injured.

As you'll learn if you read through Manuel's piece, there's very little doubt that Hahn had the tools and the ability to mold himself into an early round selection during his time at Arizona St. And this would have been his big year, too, as the 2013 Draft officially marks his third year out of high school. When a player elects to go to college, that three year waiting period comes into play, so this is definitely the draft he would have been looking forward to as he continued to polish his skills.

Justin Verlander (left) and brother Ben (right) at Comerica Park. (USA Today)After three long days, 40 rounds and 1,216 names called, the 2013 First-Year Player Draft is officially in the books.

As is always the case during MLB's draft, once you get past some of the higher regarded talents and prospects most likely to make a quick impact in their new organization, fans tend to watch more for names with interesting lineage as opposed to upside or makeup. Often times they're players with connections to current or former players in MLB, but sometimes you'll see relatives of athletes in other sports, and even some with historic roots.

Admittedly, we didn't have too much of the latter two categories in this particular draft, but we hear a lot of names with MLB blood in their veins. Here's a quick look at some of those players and their prospects of making the big time.

Detroit Tigers selected Ben Verlander, outfielder, Old Dominion (Round 14, Pick 426): When you've helped develop one brother into the best pitcher in the game, why not try your hand at developing another into a big league hitter? That's exactly what the Tigers will attempt to do after selecting the younger brother of Justin Verlander, Ben Verlander, in the 14th round.

In actuality, the Tigers may not have to work too hard at it at all. Ben Verlander is already regarded as a legitimate four-tool prospect. In his junior season at ODU, he produced a .367 average with 11 homers and 44 RBIs, good enough for earning him all-conference honors. There are few questions about his ability, and if he's anything like big brother, work ethic won't be a problem. There's a decent chance the Tigers got a steal here.

(Getty)Welcome to the future in Pittsburgh.

While the 2013 First-Year Player Draft winds down on Saturday, the Pittsburgh Pirates have announced their No. 1 overall selection in the 2011 Draft, right-handed pitcher Gerrit Cole, will make his major league debut on Tuesday night at PNC Park against the San Francisco Giants.

Impressively, Cole will relocate to Pittsburgh riding a 19-inning scoreless streak at Triple-A. He also comes in ranked as a top 10 prospect by both Baseball America and MLB.com.

Still, despite those facts, the promotion is probably coming a little bit sooner than the Pirates had hoped or anticipated it would. And that's not to say Cole has disappointed in the minors. He's actually moved very quickly through the organization in two years and has pitched well this season having posted a 2.91 ERA through 12 starts and 68 innings at Triple-A, but his 47/28 K/BB ratio could be difficult to survive with at the big level.

A touch more seasoning in the minors is probably what the doctor would prescribe to ensure he's ready for the task, but the Pirates also find themselves in a bit of a bind with Wandy Rodriguez needing to be skipped next time through with forearm tightness and Jeanmar Gomez just now working his way back from his own forearm issues.

During a Philadelphia Phillies exhibition game at Citizens Bank Park in March, Cliff Lee and teammate Cole Hamels were seen operating the team’s hot dog cannon as they shot Hatfield brand hot dogs into the stands.

Hey, you give a little, you should get a little, right? I think so anyway.

It took awhile, and it wasn’t in Philadelphia, but Lee finally got a little back on Friday at Miller Park in Milwaukee. No, it wasn't a hot dog. He was a little too busy waiting in the on-deck circle to scarf one of those down. But he did accept a very delicious snack in the form of a Twizzler from a young Brewers fan seated second row.

That, he had no trouble consuming as he watched Freddy Galvis pop out to third base for first out in the seventh inning. A nourished Lee then stepped into the box himself, but unfortunately there’s no story of the young fan’s Twizzler giving him the motivation or strength to do something special (not that a Brewers fan would have wanted to) because he grounded out routinely to shortstop. In the bottom half of the inning, Lee would allow Milwaukee to tie the game up with a pair of runs, and then watched as Aramis Ramirez delivered the game-winning hit in the ninth.

Come to think of it, that snack break didn't go well at all, did it?

For all of the successful Gatorade baths we've seen this season, I think we had yet to see a complete whiff until Friday night in Kansas City.

Following their 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros, hitting heroes Eric Hosmer and Billy Butler were put in the familiar position of sitting ducks while being interviewed for the Royals postgame show. The men in charge of executing the Gatorade bath were Kansas City's catching tandem of George Kottaras and Salvador Perez. In hindsight, their teammates may be questioning themselves for making that decision.

As you'll see in the video around the :28 mark, Hosmer, who scored the winning run in the game, appeared to be the main target. However, due to his super ninja skills (or possibly the loud footsteps of two plodding catchers charging at him) he was able to get completely out the way at the last second to not only avoid the shower, but keep himself one-hundred percent dry.

Despite the announcer's claim, Hosmer didn't get a single drop on him. And neither did Butler, who also backed away in the nick of time. Honestly, it couldn't have been a more complete miss had Kottaras and Perez actually tried to miss. And even then you might think they'd hit the announcer on accident, but that didn't happen either.