A few years ago, Greg Maddux said on the podcast of his contemporary, David Cone , that he thought he was going to be a Yankee. But when he left his visit to New York in early December of 1992 without a contract, he made a phone call that changed baseball history.

"I went there to sign with the Yankees," Maddux said. "I was shocked I didn't get offered a contract. It's not college. I didn't go there just for a recruiting trip. ...

"I've heard bits and pieces over the years. I don't know who it was, but [among] the higher-ups, one of the guys had a heart attack and that's why I wasn't made an offer."

When his plane touched down in Chicago for a layover on his route back to Las Vegas, he located a phone to call his agent, Scott Boras. This was before cell phones. That's when he learne

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