Rosenberg was born & raised in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Coral Springs, Florida. He played football, basketball & baseball at Coral Springs High School, and played baseball at Broward Community College for two years before transferring to the University of Florida as a junior. As a senior, he tied a team record by pitching ten complete games in the postseason. After which, he was drafted by his hometown New York Yankees in the fourth round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.\n', '

He went 14-6 with a 2.84 earned run average in two seasons in the Yankees\' farm system when he was packaged with Dan Pasqua & Mark Salas, and sent to the Chicago White Sox for pitchers Richard Dotson & Scott Nielsen on November 12, 1987.\n', '

He was 2-0 with three saves & a 3.33 ERA for the Pacific Coast League\'s Vancouver Canadians in 1988 when he got the call to the majors. He made his major league debut on June 4, and was hit hard by the Texas Rangers. In two innings, he gave up three runs on four hits & a walk. He earned the only save of his career on August 17 against the Toronto Blue Jays, and lost his only decision of the season in extra innings to the Minnesota Twins on September 10.\n', '

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