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Mets Trade for Gary Matthews, Jr.

With star center fielder Carlos Beltran recently having surgery -- meaning he'll miss at least a month of the regular season -- the Mets were left with a pretty significant hole in their defense. Friday, they made a move to temporarily fill it. The Mets dealt relief pitcher Brian Stokes to the Los Angeles Angels for Gary...

From the Windup: Booing Your Own

From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday.We're getting close to having three full weeks of baseball in the books. Astute fans know that it's definitely not enough to reveal the outcome of the season, but it's certainly enough of a sample to start drawing preliminary...

I Love It When You Call Me Big Papi

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.One fantasy baseball question becoming increasingly more prevalent these days is very succinct: Is David Ortiz done? The problem? It's a tough question to answer. What do we actually...

MLB Playoff Debates: Angels vs. Red Sox

Every four years, Major League Baseball's postseason intersects with a presidential election. This is one of those years. In the spirit of the season, we here at MLB FanHouse have divided the playoff teams up for a series of debates. Here Andrew Johnson and Matt Watson discuss the ALDS between the Angels and Red Sox.Andrew...

Matthews, Byrd to Meet with George Mitchell

Yesterday we learned that an active player had voluntarily arranged to meet with Sen. George Mitchell in the very near future to talk about the good senator's feckless investigation into performance enhancing drugs. Today, we have a name, as well as a report that at least one other player will follow. From Bill Shaikin of...

Gary Matthews News From the Web

05/12/12 Who's actually paying for the Caterpillar Sky Walk? Source: The Peoria Chronicle Remember in my last post, how I said Caterpillar had purchased the naming rights for $1 million?
05/09/12 Super. addresses AHS accusations Source: The Covington News - Covington GA After several weeks of accusations being thrown at Alcovy High School Principal LaQuanda Carpenter, Superintendent Gary Mathews addressed the issue following a hour-long executive session at Tuesday night's work session.
05/03/12 Weather hits Chris Womack's time trial plans Source: The Lowestoft Journal - Lowestoft - Norfolk - UK The only time trial ridden by a club member last week was Godric CC's first club 10 of the year, as Saturday's VTTA open time trial in which Chris Womack and John Dupen were entered was cancelled, a casualty of the weather.
05/01/12 Marriott Pere Marquette ground breaking Source: NBC - WEEK - Peoria IL After years of dodging doubters, speed bumps and road blocks, the hotel now known as the Marriott Pere Marquette had its official ground breaking today.
05/01/12 Ground broken for Pere Marquette renovation Source: PJStar - Peoria IL More than four years after he first conceptualized a hotel project in Downtown Peoria, Gary Matthews was finally able to pick up a ceremonial shovel and toss a small chunk of gravel Tuesday signifying the actual start of it.