The Marlins had garnered serious interest from the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers and both had major league-ready and minor league prospects to offer among the likes of Howie Kendrick ( Angels ), Ervin Santana ( Angels ), Matt Kemp ( Dodgers ), and Clayton Kershaw ( Dodgers ).

Both of the LA teams would bow out because of the quantity demand of the Marlins and they again would miss out on getting All-Star caliber players, namely Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw who the Marlins could have obtained if their demands were lowered.

* 1984 – Matt Kemp, American baseball player

* Matt Kemp, centerfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Towards the end of the season, he was benched in favor of Matt Kemp, a top Dodger prospect at the time.

The first winners of the award were Manny Ramirez and Sammy Sosa in 1999, while the most recent winners are José Bautista and Matt Kemp.

*-Beau Kemp, Josh Rabe, Matt Scanlon

In 2012, New York Yankees second baseman, Robinson Cano captained the American League side, while Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers captained the National League participants.

He started a sports agency called Sports Management Partners, and currently represents Major League players such as Matt Kemp and Chad Billingsley.

The company also produces sports related items such as figurines and die-cast on top of having exclusive agreements to produce memorabilia ( under the brand name Upper Deck Authenticated ) with such sports superstars as Michael Jordan, Derek Jeter, Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Andrew Bynum, Ernie Els, Albert Pujols, Grady Sizemore, Matt Kemp, James Loney, Sandy Koufax and Ken Griffey Jr.

Among his draftees were All-Star outfielder Matt Kemp.

Overall victory went to Tom Ottey and Pam McGarvey in a Mazda 323 GTX, followed up by Jon Kemp and Brian Maxwell in an Audi 4000 Quattro and by Peter Lahm and Matt Chester in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV.

He came in third in the voting for the 2011 National League Most Valuable Player Award, behind winner Ryan Braun and Matt Kemp.

The emergence of young Dodgers prospects Matt Kemp and James Loney contributed to Anderson's playing time diminishing during the first half of the season and he was designated for assignment by the Dodgers on June 29, 2007, ending his tenure with the club.

A music video, directed by Bryan Barber was shot on June 3, 2009 and premiered on Yahoo Music on June 30, 2009, featuring guest star Major League Baseball players Orlando Hudson and Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers as well as Baseball Hall of Fame member Dave Winfield.

Today, some of the notable American players include Derek Jeter, Josh Hamilton, David Wright, Chase Utley, Joe Mauer, Roy Halladay, Jon Lester, Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, Jered Weaver, Brian Wilson, Jose Bautista, Dan Uggla, CC Sabathia, Mike Napoli, David Freese, Matt Kemp, Neftali Feliz, Brian McCann and Joey Votto.

Drew, Kenny Lofton, Andre Ethier, Marlon Anderson, and Matt Kemp.

** Matt Kemp ( outfielder, 2009, 2011 )

:* Matt Kemp ( 2009, 2011 )

* 2011 – Matt Kemp

* Strikeouts: Matt Kemp, 153 ( 2008 )

However, by the end of 2008, actors Charlie Kemp ( Max ), Patsy Kensit ( Sadie ), Ken Farrington ( Tom ) and Matt Healy ( Matthew ) had all quit the show, leading to producers writing their characters out in shocking exit plots.

* Matt Kata ( born 1978 ), Major League Baseball player

Lou Ferrigno was born in Brooklyn, New York to Victoria and Matt Ferrigno, a police lieutenant.

Matthew Abram " Matt " Groening ( ; born February 15, 1954 ) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer.

* Matt Perry ( rugby player ) ( born 1977 ), English rugby union footballer

* Mario Matt ( born 1979 ), Austrian alpine skier

* Matt Norman, actor, writer, director and producer was born in Tallangatta in 1971

Hall was born Arvo Kustaa Halberg in 1910 to Matt ( Matti ) and Susan ( Susanna ) Halberg in Cherry, a rural community on Northern Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range.

* Matt Bloomfield ( born 1984 ), English professional footballer

* Matt the Knife, American born con artist, card cheat and pickpocket who, from the ages of approximately 14 through 21, bilked dozens of casinos, corporations and at least one Mafia crime family out of untold sums.

* Matt Dayton ( born 1977 ), American Nordic combined skier

* Matt Chico ( born 1983 ), baseball player

* Matt Sheridan ( born 1977 ), professional Canadian football offensive lineman

* Matt DeWitt ( born 1977 ), American baseball player

* Worlds Fastest Drummer Matt Smith was born in Salisbury.

* Performer and comedian Matt Lucas was born in Stanmore on 5 March 1974.

In an interview with American Songwriter Matt Slocum describes the song: “ While driving and listening to the radio, an old favorite song inspires a man to reminisce about an old relationship born from a road trip.

* Matt Rua ( born 1977 ), rugby league player

* Matt Cain, a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, was born in Dothan and pitched a perfect game against the Houston Astros on June 13, 2012.

Matt Williams, former Major League Baseball 3rd baseman and slugger, was born in Bishop.

* Matt Shively, actor on True Jackson, VP, was born and grew up in Hanford.

* Matt Noveskey, the bass player for Blue October and A Plus Machines was born in Adrian

* Matt Kindt ( born 1973 ), comic book artist and graphic designer

Matt Slocum ( born 27 December 1972 ) is a guitarist, cellist, pianist and composer, known for his work as the principal songwriter and lead guitarist of Sixpence None the Richer.

* Matt Thornton, baseball player for the Chicago White Sox, was born in Three Rivers.

* Matt Herr ( born 1976 ) ice hockey forward who played for part of four NHL seasons.