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Baseball's top comeback candidates for 2003: Kevin Brown, Bill Mueller, Javier Lopez and Keith Foulke are some top choices among players reviving their careers.

Baseball Digest

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IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT NOT every comeback attempt turns into an uplifting, heart-warming story, that as often as not a player seeking to revive a formerly notable career fails to recover the shining path to renewed and rewarding success.

For some unfortunate players not all the willpower or effort in the world can overcome the ravages of severe injury, unrelenting aging, or even a frustrating descent to sub-par performance after a prolonged stretch of superior achievement.

Just as there was the usual ample supply of comebacks during the 2003 season, there was a glut of failed attempts to extend or relaunch major league careers that appeared close to ...

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