Florida Marlins

Long before winning a World Series championship as a Minnesota Twin, Mike Pagliarulo learned what it meant to be a professional baseball player in Oneonta, New York. Fresh off of playing 70 games for Division-I college ball for the University of Miami Hurricanes in South Florida, a season that included the team's participation in the College World Seies tournament, Pagliarulo was ready to give pro ball a shot.

Mariano Rivera is one of the faces of the New York Yankees, and has been since the 1990s. But that may have never been the case if he hadn't been undrafted in the 1992 Major League Baseball expansion draft, the number 34 moment of our countdown.

Adam Greenberg is a baseball player and he fulfilled his dream back in 2005 when he got his first shot in the big leagues. Sadly though, Greenberg's dream became his nightmare when in his first at bat for the Chicago Cubs, on the first pitch thrown his way by Florida Marlins pitcher Valerio Del Los Santos, he was hit in the head and knocked out of the game and the major leagues...

The sissification continues in sports,  sad to say, this time courtesy of San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy! A former catcher himself, Bochy has told his catcher Buster Posey not to block the plate. Yes, you read that correctly, a catcher has been ordered by his manager not to block the plate...

Well Met fans you won't have Jose Reyes to kick around anymore. The guy who at 1 time was in a heated debate about the best NY Shortstop (no I didn't pick him over Derek Jeter) is now a Florida Marlin. If this isn't rock bottom-for now-for a Met fan what is...

On Friday night, the Florida Marlins became no longer, officially changing their name to the Miami Marlins at a ceremony at the team’s new unfinished ballpark. The name change came as part of more sweeping changes to the club, which also also involved the unveiling of a new logo, uniforms, and colors.

This might be the most overblown story in sports history.  Steve Bartman was partly to blame for the Cubs collapse in '03, yet he's the only one who has been tortured by "fans".

Usually you hear about players being traded between two teams for other players or cash. But there is a rare trade being discussed in the Windy City. Find out if Ozzie Guillen has managed his last game in Chicago.