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"We'll be fine. We're the defending champs, and we're not defending champs for no reason. At the end of the day, I'm walking out of this place, and we're still in first place. That's how you've got to look at it." Confidence or complacency? Waltzing or wavering? Champs, or chumps? The answer should tell us who's going to be celebrating in October.

Within controversies of steroids amidst Major League Baseball, here's my 5 picks of MLB players (past and present) that I hate.

It doesn't matter if they lied about steroid use or their incessant whining about pay or playing time, they still behave like they should be deeply hated.

NOTE: These may be my top 5 hated players, but I would appreciate any feedback for my upcoming Most Hated series of slideshows.

The MLB amateur draft was first held in 1965. There's been some big hits and big misses chosen, especially in the top ten.

The list includes Hall of Famers, future Hall of Famers, and you can tell that it tails off near the end of the top-ten.

Here are the best players chosen by their pick number. Do you agree or disagree? I've also listed honorable mentions, although some of the pick numbers do not have any. Enjoy.

With the mid-season hot stove heating up, here are 12 players that will likely be traded.
It's a possibillity that not all of these players will be traded, but its a safe bet that at least some of these players will be traded.
You probably won't agree with all my selections, and this slideshow is in no particular order.

Earlier this week, the Lakers NBA Championship moved me to put together a system to rank the best teams of the 2000s decade. While creating a list of the best, I also came up with a list of the worst.

For reasoning behind my methodology, see my article on the Top 10 Teams of the Decade (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/205182-the-top-10-teams-of-the-decade...).

Here is a quick recap of how the scoring works.

A team loses one point for every year they finished below .500 in the MLB, NFL and NBA, and for each non-playoff team in the NHL since there is not really a .500 mark.

Well friends, here we are at the end of the journey. This is the last installment of the Cooperstown’s Best series.

We have managed to make Top 10 lists on each of the other positions, and this is the end of the road.

It has been fun, exhausting, and educational. If you have read the entire series, I hope you have learned just one-third of what I have in researching and writing it.

A stadium. A coliseum that houses what is a major league franchise. To baseball fans, these may be known as "fields" or "ballparks" even. In baseball's illustrious history, these cathedrals have served as the ghost writer's of some of the greatest books (including record books) ever written.

Different in size, different in shape. Some luxurious, others barely sporting enough bleachers. Some famous, others not so much. Yet these buildings have changed the game in a dramatic way.

To be on this list, each stadium's individual history was looked at.

NOTE: Team records and stats updated thru Sunday morning, June 21

1. Boston Red Sox (41-27)

The Red Sox are the only top-five team that has won at least seven of their last 10 games.

Jason Bay is third in the Majors with 66 RBIs, only behind Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder.

Jacoby Ellsbury has stolen 29 bases (eight behind Carl Crawford for the ML lead.)

2. Los Angeles Dodgers (45-24)

Some of the best players in baseball history have been identified by the uniform number they wore.

Mickey Mantile was number seven, Ted Williams was number nine, Joe DiMaggio was number five and of course Babe ruth was number three.

This got me wondering what players in this era are the best players to wear their certain uniform numbers.

Some of the choices were head and shoulders above others whose numbers they shared and some were tough choices between All-Star Players.

I now present to you the best players in the Major Leagues to wear the Uniform Numbers 1-9.

Agree? Disagree?

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