18. 2012 Miami Marlins
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“How the Miami Marlins Disgraced Baseball” was the title of a Time story following a year that was supposed to put Miami baseball on the map for good. The Marlins had a shiny new ballpark and stars such as Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Giancarlo Stanton, Emilio Bonifacio, John Buck and Hanley Ramirez. None of it mattered, as the Marlins floundered and then finished dead last in the division standings before dumping the team’s best players. The Marlins are once again a terrible team in 2015, a far cry from the lineup that took the field at the start of the 2012 season.
17. 1998 Brazil Men’s World Cup Team
What exactly happened leading up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final may never fully be known. Brazil, as expected, made their way to the Final, and many believed that they would take it to France en route to winning the tournament. Superstar Ronaldo was then left off of the Brazil teamsheet for the Final before he appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, ready to play in the eleventh hour. His presence on the pitch would not matter, though, as Zinedine Zidane shined and guided France to a 3-0 victory. You can pick from your own conspiracy theories, which have included match-fixing allegations, for what you think occurred on that day.
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