philly.com - 10/15/2008
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LOS ANGELES - On the day after, it was just as hard to process as it had been the night before. Matt Stairs hit a two-run homer, and now the Phils are just one win away from their first World Series in 15 years? That's the kind of thing that figures to completely short-circuit my already addled ...
thefightins.com - 10/14/2008
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thefightins.com —
According to his post-game quotes, Matt Stairs must
be into some freaky celebratory shit. Following the 2-run...
blast that made Jonathan Broxton the new old-Brad Lidge, he had this to say: “When you get that nice celebration coming into the ...
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MLB Quote of the Year: Matt Stairs
philly.com - 10/14/2008
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philly.com —
LOS ANGELES - That's why they got the
man. A generic Major League Baseball transaction on Aug....
29 - just before the deadline that would keep players off a team's postseason roster - doesn't begin to tell the story. Matt Stairs, designated for ...
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Matt Stairs' moment | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/14/2008
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Morning Extras: Phils Have Already Made History
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae —
... • We also get Gonzo's look at Matt Stairs. "When you look at Stairs, you don't think now there's an athlete. Jayson Werth and Pat Burrell look like ballplayers. Ryan Howard and Chase Utley look like ballplayers. Matt Stairs looks like a ballplayer about as much as Matt Drudge does." I guess Gonzo will be DVRing that debate. We also get this: ...
Morning Rounds, October 15th
The Sports Complex —
... John Gonzalez gets his mind around Matt Stairs: hero, and the fact that LA is sad, and - way more important - he gets a story from Harry Kalas. When Kalas announced Pat Burrell on Fox’s pregame introductions Kalas called him ‘Bait.’ I didn’t know why, immediately emailed a couple of the beat guys and they didn’t either and I quickly forgot about it. It’s worth hearing. READ ...
RANDOMOCITY!!!
The Fightins —
... If you recall when Harry Kalas did the lineup, he called Burrell “Pat The Bait” and said it was a story for another time. The Inqy’s John Gonzalez gives us the reason ( ...
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