Article: Relief pitcher Gregg passed on football.

Byline: Juan C. Rodriguez

Mar. 21--JUPITER -- He had another chance, the opportunity to pull a Chris Weinke and give college quarterbacking a shot after a stalled pro baseball career. Before Marlins reliever Kevin Gregg signed with the Angels in 2002, he was working out at Oregon State in his native Corvallis. Then football coach Dennis Erickson happened to see him messing around with a football. "He was watching me throw and said, 'Hey, what are you doing now?'" Gregg said. "I was 24 and thought I was too old to be going back." Joe Borchard isn't the only Marlin who chose baseball over collegiate football. Unlike Borchard, a Stanford alumnus, and ...

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