Derrek Lee is an underrated offensive player who has a phenomenal offensive year in 2005 but is not remembered for much else.

Lee was briefly a San Diego Padre before he was traded to the Florida Marlins in 1998.  With Florida, the First Baseman had four 20 Home Run years, peaking with a 31-HR season in 2003, which coincided with him leading the Marlins to a World Series Title.  As most of you know, Lee (along with everyone else who was talented) was packaged away in a disgusting cost-cutting move, and Lee wound up with the Chicago Cubs.

It was with Chicago where Lee had his best years, specifically in 2005, where he led the National League in Hits (199), Doubles (50), Batting Average (.335), Slugging (.662), and OPS (1.080).  Lee was an All-Star, Gold Glove winner, and Silver Slugger and third in MVP voting.  He could not build on that as injuries held him to 50 Games in 2006, but he was an All-Star and Gold Glove winner in 2007, and was ninth in MVP voting in 2009.  With the Cubs, Lee had five 20-plus Home Run years, with three exceeding 30. 

Lee finished his career with Atlanta, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh, retiring in 2011 with 1,951 Hits, 331 Home Runs, 1,078 RBIs, and a .495 Slugging Percentage. 

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Regis Philbin was a lot more than the guest Announcer at Wrestlemania VII. When other talk show hosts would shun wrestling, or be condescending to the performers when they were their guests. Philbin, who was a television personality for years before most people knew him from “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee” had wrestlers on his various shows often, and knew how to play the game, so to speak. He was obviously a fan of the genre, and knew how to take the wrestler’s personalities and filter it to his demographic.

During the year where the WWE had their idiotic “Guest Host” idea for Monday Night Raw, it was evident which celebrities were fans of the product and which ones had no idea what WWE stood for. Very quickly, when Maria Menounos hosted the show, it was clear that the entertainment correspondent was more than just a fan. That night she wrestled in a six woman tag team match, and held her own. She did so well, she was worked into a Wrestlemania program in a tag team match, and she was the inductee for Bob Backlund at his Hall of Fame induction. When the WWE calls, she is there, and frankly the WWE fan base should appreciate her more than they do.

The final ECW (and we mean the real ECW) Heavyweight Champion, Rhyno was a large beast of a man who had he not suffered a few untimely injuries, might have been properly pushed in the WWE. He is still young enough that he could be brought back in some capacity, but his career seems more like a vat of wasted potential as opposed to actual accomplishments.