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Yankees Ring in New Season With Familiar Pomp

NEW YORK -- Of all the crazy ways for this zany, scary, sentimental and often touching day to end, it seemed serendipitous when Mariano Rivera got old friend Hideki Matsui to pop up for the final out. Order restored, the Yankees hustled into the clubhouse to once again admire their exquisite World Series rings, and mull...

Gary Matthews and T.J. Simers Are Already Feuding

Well, that didn't take long. A few unanswered questions and tense moments in the locker room, and Gary Matthews -- he of the $50 million contract and HGH suspicions -- went and pissed off T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times:Matthews, now occupying Darin Erstad's locker, which is a disgrace when you consider what a...

The Angels Are Dropping Like Flies

Well, not really. But as we creep ever closer to the start of the season -- only four more hours! -- it's possible the Angels would like to postpone Opening Day for another, oh, four or five weeks. Los Angeles' other team will start the season without their best pitcher, Bartolo Colon (inflamed right shoulder), and their...

Gary Matthews is Not Worried About the Boo Birds

Apparently, Gary Matthews has been quite the heckler's dream for some time now ... it's just that no one else knew about it: "Honestly, people doubting my skills or how I can play - this is nothing new for me," the Angels center fielder said. "It's not." ..."I don't care what somebody says about me. Who cares? I'm so used...

Jose Guillen Wants to Play the Feud

Often in baseball, time dulls the effect of old battles. I was curious if Jose Guillen's return to the A.L. West would rekindle a rivalry started when Mike Scioscia hastened Guillen's release from the Angels right before the 2004 playoffs, or whether time had healed that old wound.Grudges die hard.New Mariners outfielder...