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Getty Images The Washington Nationals have designated Matt Stairs for assignment in order to make room for Jonny Gomes.
This saddens me. Oh, it was inevitable — Stairs is 43 and is hitting .154/.257/.169 with no homers — but it strikes me that this may very well be it for the formerly-bemulleted one. Depending on how you count Montreal and Washington, Stairs played for 12 or 13 teams in his 19-year career.
For that career he’s a .262/.356/.477 hitter with 265 homers. Unless someone becomes really desperate for a lefty in the twilight, that may be it.
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- drmonkeyarmy - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:35 PM
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I credit Matt Stairs for essentially ruining Broxton’s career. He has never been the same.
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- flavadave10 - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:39 PM
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He’s going to have a glorious career in beer league softball.
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- proudlycanadian - Jul 27, 2011 at 6:51 PM
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His second career will be as a hockey coach. He coaches hockey in the winter.
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- sportsdrenched - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:42 PM
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I always liked Matt Stairs.
The Royals have this promotion called the “Sonic Slam Inning” where if a Royals hits a Grand Slam, a fan from a drawing wins 25K. (Chosen before the Royals Bat) In 2004 matt Stairs hit that GS and won a fan some good jack.
HTF am I online telling Matt Stairs stories anyway? See Matt Stairs is like that. He might be the Bill Brashke of MLB.
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- drunkenhooliganism - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:47 PM
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This makes me a sad drunken hooligan.
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- Utley's Hair - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:52 PM
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As long as you’re not an angry sad drunken hooligan.
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- drunkenhooliganism - Jul 28, 2011 at 8:18 AM
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I only break out the angry hooliganism for soccer matches.
I really hate soccer.
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- The Business of Sports 2011 - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:51 PM
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With his pop, experience and character contending teams should be all over him…he proved this so many times, especially in 2008 against the Dodger’s Jonathon Broxton…not too many power-hitting left-handed bats available for next to nothing….someone should jump on this guy…
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- Old Gator - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:52 PM
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The end of an error. sniff
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- Utley's Hair - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:54 PM
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Good luck, Matt. Who knows where the Phightins would’ve been without you?
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- jwbiii - Jul 27, 2011 at 6:23 PM
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Still stuck in Philly.
But seriously, if it’s over, it’s been a heckuva ride.
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- jwbiii - Jul 27, 2011 at 7:04 PM
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And go Bangor Rams Hockey!
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- APBA Guy - Jul 27, 2011 at 7:00 PM
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One of my favorite fan-fest photos is of Matt Stairs showing rookie Mark Mulder how to work the crowds: pose, smile, say thanks, and move on. The Wonder Hamster had great numbers in Oakland and played a better right field than people thought possible, helped by a strongish arm that fooled the occasional errant baserunner. Best wishes and thanks for the memories.
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- 12strikes - Jul 28, 2011 at 8:01 AM
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If Matt gets on a plane right now and flys to Tokyo, he should get there just in time to catch that homer he hit off of Broxton.
