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MLB Quote of the Year: Matt Stairs
thefightins.com - 10/14/2008
MLB Quote of the Year: Matt Stairs
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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 dugout and you’re getting your ass ...
philly.com - 10/14/2008
Matt Stairs' moment | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/14/2008
— 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 ... (more) Matt Stairs' moment | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/14/2008

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sportingnews.com - 10/14/2008
Phillies Hero Matt Stairs Is a Man's Man
— sportingnews.com — Great sound byte from a guy who doesn't give many sound bytes... obviously (more) Phillies Hero Matt Stairs Is a Man's Man

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Stairs-way To Heaven
rumorsandrants.com - 10/14/2008
Stairs-way To Heaven
— rumorsandrants.com — 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? (more) Stairs-way To Heaven

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The Bad News Bloggers:  Elevator? No Thanks, I'll Take the Stairs - Daily "Linkin' Logs" (10/14/08)

Deadspin:  Matt Stairs Enters the Pantheon of Philadelphia's Portly Sports Heroes [Nlcs]

The Sporting Blog:  Phillies Hero Matt Stairs Is a Man's Man

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Elevator? No Thanks, I'll Take the Stairs - Daily "Linkin' Logs" (10/14/08)
The Bad News Bloggers — ... And finally, thefightins picked up on something I read in the Donnellon article above (but I'll give them credit, because they made a blog post before me). Matt Stairs talks about the Phillies Clubhouse culture. ...

Matt Stairs Enters the Pantheon of Philadelphia's Portly Sports Heroes [Nlcs]
Deadspin — ... night's home run, he'll probably get the same fawning treatment as those derelicts do anytime they come back to town. So Matt Stairs, it's been long overdue, but welcome to Philadelphia. You can stay as long as you want. Phillies lead the series, 3-1. Matt Stairs' moment [Philly.com] Video: Shane Victorino and Matt Stairs [The700Level] No ordinary come-from-behind-win for the Phillies [ESPN] Just a win away [Philly.com] MLB Quote of the Year: Matt Stairs [The Fightins] ...

Phillies Hero Matt Stairs Is a Man's Man
The Sporting Blog — ... analysis, rather on the press conference inexperience shown from the man whose two-run bomb in the 8th inning last night lifted the Phillies to a 7-5 Game 4 victory over the Dodgers: Don’t be surprised to see a large contingent of Phillies fans wearing “Ass Hammer” t-shirts if this series gets back to Philadelphia on Friday night. (H/T: The Fightins)

In praise of the one-note functionality of Matt Stairs
Big League Stew — ... (For another postgame quote from Stairs, this one a little more unfortunate the ones above, check out The Fightins' this morning.)  ...

Greatest sports quote of all time
Bleeding Green Nation — Greatest sports quote of all time If you haven't read what Matt Stairs said after his game winning HR against the Dodgers last night... do it now!

Of Matt Stairs Quotes And Phillies F-Bombs
AwfulAnnouncing — I had a few people ask me if I caught the F-bomb following the Phils win on FOX last night. Of course I did, but I didn't really have anything to pair with until now. That video is at the bottom but the MLB quote of the year comes from Matt Stairs via The Fightins.... ...

More Phillies, Matt Stairs Fallout
Intentional Foul — ... The Matt Stairs legend just grew to monumental proportions, thanks to a quote he gave after the game ended last night. ...

Matt Stairs: Possibly Too Much Information?
TheScore.com Blog — ... The excellent Philly sports blog, the Fightins, brings us this clip from the post-game NLCS press conference Monday, in which New Brunswick native, and former Blue Jay, Matt Stairs cemented his legacy as probably the greatest Phillie ever. Suck on this, Mike Schmidt... ...

Cheap Shots: Forgive Me, Father, For I Have Sinned…
Signal to Noise — ... Mail is the place to send links. Holly asked me to contribute, so I did — and college football fans confessing their sins turned into a comment thread of awesomeness. [EDSBS] Female footballer decides to ditch the pitch and ditch her duds to do porn. [Unprofessional Foul] Five bad trends in sports announcing. [Stupid Sideline Reporters] Unintentionally hilarious homoeroticism goes to Matt Stairs. [The Fightins] So that’s why Brandon Stokley was out after the first ...

The Glory-Lines 10/14/2008
No Guts, No Glory — It's Hump Day so here's some stories from around the 'net that we like and you SHOULD too! Nominations for the 2008 Sports Blogscars (NESW Sports) The Most Ridiculous NFL Season Ever? (The Sports Dollar) MLB Quote of the Year: Matt Stairs (The Fightins) Stuart Tanner VS. Devin Harris (Docksquad Sports) The $83 Million Question: Is Kobe Going Greek? ...

The New York Times Helps Matt Stairs Retrieve His Masculinity [Nlcs]
Deadspin — ... Stairs also assures the Times' that he's no pretty boy: "God knows I don’t sit around in front of the mirror all day and comb my hair — as you can tell." Of course after his quote from yesterday, the story appears a little like well-orchestrated overcompensation. ...

Matt Stairs Lives For This
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog — Quote of the year, per The Fightins': “When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you’re getting your ass hammered by guys — there’s no better feeling than to have that done.”

Playoff Review
We Should Be GM's — ... a walk was much more important. Worst Hitter - Prince Fielder. One solo homer in fourteen at-bats is all The Big Veg had to show for is playoff efforts. Best Pitcher - Cole Hamels. Eight innings, nine strikeouts, two hits and zero runs in opening up the 2008 playoffs with a win for the Fightin' Phils. NLCS - Los Angeles Best Homosexual Innuendo After Hitting A Game-Winning Homer - Matt Stairs. (Video from thefightins.com) ...

The ten most memorable moments of the 2008 postseason
Big League Stew — ... , a pitcher who gives up homers about as frequently as Lauryn Hill releases new albums. Stairs not only makes the list, he receives extra points for introducing 'The Ass Hammer' into the sports blog lexicon.  ...

2009 World Baseball Classic: Alcohol(ic’s) Guide
Bugs & Cranks — ... had it once, but it was a pretty memorable time in the FedEx Field parking lot. Notable steroid cheat: J.C. F’in Romero Other worst players: Bernie Williams, Pudge Rodriguez Read DB’s BLS PR Preview. Pool C. SkyDome; Toronto, Canada (March 7th-11th) First game: Saturday, 2 PM EST. Canada - Crown Royal If it’s good enough for Meech…. Most Quotable Player: Matt Stairs Most Cowardly Player: Jason ...

You'll Always Remember Your First Time, Part 11
The House That Glanville Built — ... -Matt Stairs quote of the year. -Not Phillies, but apparently Braylon Edwards wishes he went to Penn State. So do I. -Also not Phillies, but a great, funny post over at NOIS. -Matt Stairs: "He looks like a guy who's dressing like the 1993 Phillies for Halloween." -Always entertaining is the morning video, and this is no exception. -Barack Obama says he's rooting for the Phillies. ...

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