Matt Stairs Is Your Unlikely Postseason Hero
mlb.fanhouse.com 10/14/2008 — In short time tonight, we're going to have posts telling you what the Phillies huge 7-5 win over the Dodgers tonight means for both teams and all kinds of analysis and opinions on how the series is going to play out. That's all well and good, but ...

Matt Stairs Hits the Biggest Home Run of his Life
detroit4lyfe.blogspot.com 10/14/2008 — Matt Stairs says some pretty dirty things after hitting his big pinch-hit home run for the Phillies.

Matt Stairs!
ballssticksstuff.com 10/14/2008 — I might move to Canada. Judging from the reaction in the Phillies dugout, I might not be the only one. Did you see the way he teed off on that? He looked like a guy at a long drive contest. Don't forget, Stairs' two-run home run in the eighth put the ...

Matt Stairs Loves Having His Ass Pounded
mlb.fanhouse.com 10/14/2008 — Last night was a pretty wonderful night to be Matt Stairs . As Lackey went over earlier , Stairs has always been a productive player in the bigs -- you don't get so many jobs with so many different teams if you suck -- but due to his limitations on ...

Matt Stairs: ‘I Swing for the Fences’
larrybrownsports.com 10/16/2008 — I’ve always been a fan of Matt Stairs , professional hitter. He has a unique style and always struck me as such the prototypical beer league softball player. Only he plays real baseball. And he plays it well. And in one statement, Stairs ...

Matt Stairs in the spotlight | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/15/2008
philly.com 10/15/2008 — LOS ANGELES As pinch-hitter Matt Stairs worked the count to three balls and a strike against Los Angeles Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton, Pat Burrell began to fantasize in the Phillies dugout. "I'm thinking, 'Gosh, what if he hits a home run here?' ...

Can Matt Stairs and the Phillies break the Canadian curse?
hardballtimes.com 10/23/2008 — In 1969, the year the Expos and Canada first joined the Major Leagues, the Amazin’ Mets shocked the baseball world by winning the World Series. In the Mets bullpen was Ontario native Ron Taylor, who recorded a save in Game Two. Since that victory, it has become incredibly difficult for a team ...

Stairs-way To Heaven
rumorsandrants.com 10/14/2008 — Seriously, Matt Stairs? That’s what you’re asking yourself if you’re a Los Angeles Dodgers fan. Against a lineup with the likes of Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Pat Burrell, you get beat by 40-year old Matt Stairs?

The New York Times Helps Matt Stairs Retrieve His Masculinity [Nlcs]
deadspin.com 10/20/2008 — Matt Stairs' stay as a Philadelphia's favorite 40-year-old beefy homer-hitting Canuck continues today, with a story about him in today's New York Times that gives America's baseball nation a closer glimpse at the 16-year vet. The whole piece focuses ...

Matt Stairs Hits the Biggest Home Run By An Ex-Royal Since 2004
royalsreview.com 10/14/2008 — Matt Stairs, always unappreciated and the 65th Greatest Royal of All-Time , blasted a mammoth home run off of mythical Dodger closer Jonathan Broxton in the top of the eighth inning tonight, giving the Phillies a 7-5 lead. The English language is ...

Phillies’ Stairs, the Newest Mr. October, is 40, Stocky and Balding — NYT > Baseball 10/15/2008
The toast of Philadelphia is Matt Stairs, a balding hockey player with a squat body who was once nicknamed the Wonder Hamster. >

NLCS | Phils' Matt Stairs shying from spotlight — The Seattle Times: Sports 10/15/2008
One day after hitting the most significant home run of his career, Matt Stairs went about his business as though nothing ever happened ...

Phillies vs. Rays: The World Series They Don't Want You To See — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/15/2008
Well its almost here, the World Series that "nobody" wanted. In a previous column , I wrote about how Selig and his cronies would shudder at the idea of a Brewers-Rays World Series, and while that did not happen, it looks like he better be ...

Watch Game 5 LIVE with FOX Feeds — FOXSports.com News for MLB 10/16/2008
You've got to watch this Game 5 cliffhanger. Can L.A. stay alive? Or is Philly Series-bound? FOX Feeds will provide the answer.

Rollins, Phillies lead Dodgers in Game 5 of NLCS — Boston.com -- Baseball News 10/16/2008
Jimmy Rollins hit a leadoff homer and scored twice, and the Philadelphia Phillies closed in on their first pennant in 15 years by building a 3-0 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers after three innings in Game 5 of the NL championship series Wednesday night.