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	<title>Sources: Phils get Stairs from Blue Jays</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;The Phillies, adding a left-handed hitter to their bench, have acquired outfielder Matt Stairs from the Blue Jays, according to major-league sources.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;newgroom422 posted 19 hours ago from msn.foxsports.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3192735/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/toronto_blue_jays/"&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_stairs/"&gt;Matt Stairs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:45:22 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Phillies, in need of left-handed bat, deal for Stairs</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/phillies_in_need_of_left_handed_bat_deal_for_stairs/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/29/phillies_in_need_of_left_handed_bat_deal_for_stair.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Phillies, in need of left-handed bat, deal for Stairs " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Blue Jays have agreed to send Matt Stairs to the Phillies for a minor leaguer to be named later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Bad News Bloggers found this 11 hours ago on sports.espn.go.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3194450/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/toronto_blue_jays/"&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_stairs/"&gt;Matt Stairs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:16:00 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Phillies Get Matt Stairs From Blue Jays</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/phillies_get_matt_stairs_from_blue_jays/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/29/phillies_get_matt_stairs_from_blue_jays.JPG" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Phillies Get Matt Stairs From Blue Jays " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  
 You can hardly contain yourself, right? Me neither. 
 Per Ken Rosensquirrel&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;sources&amp;#8221; &amp;#8212; who may or may not be tied up in his shed &amp;#8212; the Phillies have found their Geoff Jenkins replacement. Welcome to Philly, Fat Matt! 
 The Phillies, adding a left-handed hitter to their bench, have acquired outfielder Matt Stairs from the Blue Jays, according to major-league&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bugs &amp; Cranks found this 10 hours ago on www.thefightins.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3193589/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/toronto_blue_jays/"&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_stairs/"&gt;Matt Stairs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/geoff_jenkins/"&gt;Geoff Jenkins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/russell_branyan/"&gt;Russell Branyan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:10:30 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Phillies Add Stairs From Blue Jays</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/phillies_add_stairs_from_blue_jays/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/29/stairs.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Phillies Add Stairs From Blue Jays " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;According to Ken Rosenthal of www.foxsports.com, the Phillies have acquired left-handed hitter Matt Stairs, formally of the Toronto Blue Jays. 

PCPSports Take: The Phillies get a decent left-handed bat that will replace Geoff Jenkins and take some at-bats from Jason Werth against right-handed...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;michaeldeluca posted 11 hours ago from pcpsports.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3195409/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/toronto_blue_jays/"&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/ken_rosenthal/"&gt;Ken Rosenthal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_stairs/"&gt;Matt Stairs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/geoff_jenkins/"&gt;Geoff Jenkins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jayson_werth/"&gt;Jayson Werth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:48:13 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Phillies acquire Matt Stairs</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/phillies_acquire_matt_stairs_1/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/29/DHLiBtco.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Phillies acquire Matt Stairs " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;With the waiver deadline looming on August 31st, the Phillies have been searching for one more bat off the bench, and they have finally acquired one. Left-handed hitter Matt Stairs was recently designated for assignment by the Toronto Blue Jays, and now the Phillies have acquired him for....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enriquefed posted 13 hours ago from allthingsphillysports.blogspot.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3194167/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_stairs/"&gt;Matt Stairs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/toronto_blue_jays/"&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:38:04 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Jays designate Stairs for assignment | bluejays.com: News</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/jays_designate_stairs_for_assignment_bluejays_com_news/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/28/jays_designate_stairs_for_assignment_bluejays_com_.gif" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Jays designate Stairs for assignment | bluejays.com: News " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ST. PETERSBURG -- The Blue Jays have designated Matt Stairs for assignment and are working out a trade that could potentially send the veteran to a contending club. Replacing Stairs on Toronto&#39;s roster is a top prospect, outfielder Travis Snider.  The Blue Jays would not reveal which team was attempting to acquire Stairs -- only that the deal will hopefully be completed within the next two&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Drunk Jays Fans found this 23 hours ago on toronto.bluejays.mlb.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3191752/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/toronto_blue_jays/"&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_stairs/"&gt;Matt Stairs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/travis_snider/"&gt;Travis Snider&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/clarence_edwin_gaston/"&gt;Clarence Edwin Gaston&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:44:00 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Phillies Acquire Matt Stairs</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;  According to Ken Rosenthal , the Phillies acquired outfielder/first baseman Matt Stairs from the Blue Jays.&amp;nbsp; The prospect in the deal has yet to be determined.&amp;nbsp; Stairs was designated for assignment recently.&amp;nbsp; He fills the Phillies&#39; need for a left-handed bench bat (likely taking them out of the market for Mike Lamb ). 

 Stairs, 40, hit .250/.342/.394 in 368 plate appearances&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Fightins found this 14 hours ago on www.mlbtraderumors.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3192367/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/toronto_blue_jays/"&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_stairs/"&gt;Matt Stairs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/ken_rosenthal/"&gt;Ken Rosenthal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/mike_lamb/"&gt;Mike Lamb&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/travis_snider/"&gt;Travis Snider&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:11:42 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>STAIRS DFA! SNIDER CALLED UP!</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/stairs_dfa_snider_called_up/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/29/stairs_dfa_snider_called_up.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" STAIRS DFA! SNIDER CALLED UP! " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Seriously . (Most likely because of Stairs&#39; aversion to replay, IMHO) Drunken hysterical reaction pending!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ghostrunner on First found this 21 hours ago on drunkjaysfans.blogspot.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3191826/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/toronto_blue_jays/"&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_stairs/"&gt;Matt Stairs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/travis_snider/"&gt;Travis Snider&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:31:00 +1900</pubDate>
	
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	<title>José Bautista is the final piece of the puzzle</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/jos_bautista_is_the_final_piece_of_the_puzzle/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/22/jos_bautista_is_the_final_piece_of_the_puzzle.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" José Bautista is the final piece of the puzzle " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  The Jays have acquired José Bautista and he will lead them to the promised land. Okay, so that&#39;s a bit of an overstatement, given the fact that the perennially-dreadful Pirates couldn&#39;t even see fit to keep him on their Major League roster. On the other hand, it is important to remember that even though Bautista&#39;s been languishing in Indianapolis since August 10, he&#39;s still hit more homers&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sports And The City found this 7 days ago on taoofstieb.blogspot.com &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/go/3133053/" rel="nofollow"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/toronto_blue_jays/"&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jose_bautista/"&gt;Jose Bautista&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/pittsburgh_pirates/"&gt;Pittsburgh Pirates&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_stairs/"&gt;Matt Stairs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:12:00 +1900</pubDate>
	
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