Burke Heinrich Badenhop is a Major League Baseball

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Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 pitcher

Pitcher

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 for the Miami Marlins. Burke played college baseball

Baseball

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 at Bowling Green State University

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. He played High School Baseball at Perrysburg High School in Perrysburg, Ohio. Summer of 2000-2001 played with Underwood Orr baseball team based out of Tecumseh, MI.

He was originally drafted by the Detroit Tigers

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, but on December 5, 2007, he was traded to Florida along with Cameron Maybin

Cameron Maybin

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, Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller (baseball)

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, Eulogio De La Cruz, Mike Rabelo

Mike Rabelo

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, and minor league player Dallas Trahern

Dallas Trahern

Dallas Neal Trahern is a professional baseball pitcher.Trahern was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 34th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft...

 for Miguel Cabrera

Miguel Cabrera

José Miguel Cabrera Torres nicknamed "Miggy", is a Venezuelan professional baseball first baseman with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed....

 and Dontrelle Willis

Dontrelle Willis

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. On April 9, , Badenhop made his major league debut against the Washington Nationals

Washington Nationals

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. He had a 1-2-3 inning, which included striking out

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 Rob Mackowiak

Rob Mackowiak

Robert William Mackowiak is an American professional baseball player who is currently a free agent. He bats left-handed, throws right-handed, and is a utility player. During his Major League Baseball career, he has played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, and...

. Badenhop made his first major league start

Starting pitcher

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 on April 13, 2008, against the Houston Astros

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.

Badenhop is known by teammates and Marlins fans as "The Hopper" as both a play on his last name and on his way of hopping after throwing a pitch.

On May 16, 2011, Badenhop was a part of one of the more bizarre games in the team's history against the New York Mets

New York Mets

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, which ended following Badenhop's game winning RBI single, just his second career hit. It was the first time since a Micah Owings

Micah Owings

Micah Burton Owings is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher currently pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks....

 hit in 2008 won a game for the Cincinatti Reds that a relief pitcher had given his team the game winning hit.

Badenhop is co-author of the book "Financial Planning For Your First Job", where he draws from his business background at Bowling Green State University, as well as his early playing days in professional baseball.

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