Gary Matthews Jr selling his house for $15.5 million

[Vegas Halo Fan]

My sister worked for the interior designer who redid his house. He put a lot of money into it.

 

Never mind. I read the article. It was a different house of his.

 

Edit: wrong again. It was the house. She said he put about $7 million into it including about $5 million for the pool.

 

How do you spend $5M on a pool? What, did he put in Sea World?

Edited June 4, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Vegas Halo Fan]

She said the pool is built on a cliff so the structural engineering and building it was really expensive.

 

A pool built on a cliff in an earthquake zone. Give me some of that.

[Redondo]

Nothing is more incredible than the fact he turned a circus catch into a 55m contract

 

This

[yk9001]

I think it was more his .313 average and .866 OPS.

 

Maybe you are being sarcastic instead of your usual contrarian thing, but if you don't think that contract was based on that stupid catch, you haven't been paying attention to this ownership for the last 10 years.

Edited June 2, 2015 by yk9001

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

All the talk of his catch and contract remind me of a posters signature (maybe MHD?) of Matthews Jr. making that catch except instead of him catching the ball it was a bag of money.  I saw the guy at the gym one time when he was out of baseball but still getting paid by the Angels and thought what a great gig.  Getting paid millions to not play, living in OC and people still went up to him and wanted to meet him because he had made it to the highest level. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Pool?

i KNEW he was an impostor !

poty candidate...well done

Lol, holy shit

[Amazing Larry]

I doubt it even sells for $5m.

[eaterfan]

I doubt it even sells for $5m.

The lot it was in sold for $3 million. It will get at least $5.

My sister thinks he'll get close to the $15 he's asking. She says it's an amazing location with a great view.

[Amazing Larry]

The lot it was in sold for $3 million. It will get at least $5.

My sister thinks he'll get close to the $15 he's asking. She says it's an amazing location with a great view.

I didn't realize he was on the cliff in Irvine Terrace. You're right, he'll get over 5.

I still think 15 is way too high though.

[Brandon]

Yeah, looking at the comps in the article 15m doesn't make sense. I guess the appraiser can go with the cost approach method.

 

As we know, aesthetics don't raise the value of a property, just sqft......though, the pool will.

[Dick B Back]

I think it was more his .313 average and .866 OPS.

Yep, another fine signing for a player with wonderful numbers in a hitters park.

[seenoevil]

Those roids came in handy.

[Dave Saltzer]

When the HGH issue became public knowledge, I thought and suggested that Arte go after GMJr for fraudulent inducement to contract and breach of contract. He was going to pay him either way, so he should have made GMJr the test case about drugs and PEDs and fought him in court over it. I wonder how things would have turned out with Hamilton and A-Fraud had they made GMJr a test case.

[Tank]

the pool is worth $5 mil because when you jump in it, it allows you to make a big splash.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

the pool is worth $5 mil because when you jump in it, it allows you to make a big splash.

 

Thanks, Tank. I knew that there had to be a logical explanation.

[seenoevil]

This will teach the high school kids, college, minor leagues to avoid roids

[Guest]

This will teach the high school kids, college, minor leagues to avoid roids

they cause brain damage to the point where spending $5M on a swimming pool seems like a good idea?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I saw him play here when the Las Vegas Stars were the Padres' AAA affiliate. Thought that he was a decent player with a catchy nickname (Son of Sarge) but nothing more. He wasn't great in the PCL.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Gary matthews jr...the outfielder we were stupid enough to pay 10 mill a year for shitty numbers...before we were stupid enough to pay vernon wells 20 mill a year to put up shitty numbers....before we were stupid enough to pay josh hamilton 25 million a year to put up shitty numbers.

Maybe arte just has really bad luck picking outfielders?

[Dick B Back]

Arte is the owner and should not be picking outfielders or am I confused about how all that stuff works???

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Arte is the owner and should not be picking outfielders or am I confused about how all that stuff works???

 

Let us not forget first basemen, pitchers...

[ten ocho recon scout]

You know how we all have a friend who spent a bunch of money on a pool table but never uses it? Thats what i thought of when i read in the article gary matthews jr has a trophy room in his house.

Edited June 6, 2015 by ten ocho recon scout

[ten ocho recon scout]

@ ten ocho,

Cart before the horse?

in his case id say cart without a horse

[FabulousFabregas]

GoFundMe and I'll turn it into a GMJ museum.

[mp170.6]

I bet he's selling because he's deep in debt and out of cash.