Comments on: Some wonderfully random Matt Stairs facts

By: cleverbob

cleverbob — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:04:01 +0000

He bulked up the old fashioned way – lots of ham.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:00:06 +0000

I’ve been checking the stelae against my Rosetta stone, and can now confirm that Stairs did see action at Aleppo during the Third Crusade, took a spear in the tush, and was placed on the 600-year disabled list afterwards.

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:20:55 +0000

Having watched Stairs when he played for the Pawtucket Red Sox it’s been fun to follow his long and improbable career.

Sure, I wonder how that tiny 5 foot 9 guy bulked up and turned into a 100 plus RBI guy, but I have the same question about the majority of MLB players.

I hope he did do it “clean” because if so, his is a great story of how hard work and perseverance can pay off.

Another interesting career worth following was that of Ron Mahay, who retired last year and how the former scab replacement outfielder wound up becoming a decent major league pitcher over a 14 year major league career. Although he’s banned from being a member of the players association, had he not crossed the picket line in 1995 he might never have had the opportunities he did (I’ve always wondered whether he had to take crap in the locker-room from union players long after that)

By: mox19380

mox19380 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:19:40 +0000

my friends and I joke that the hr he hit in gm6 in LA still hasn’t landed. it is one of the most memorable moments in my 25+ years of watching Phillies baseball. The Canadian Lumberjack definitely made an indelible memory on my brain that night in October

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:56:40 +0000

Good one, Kelly. That would make Stairs about 98 years old.

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:54:22 +0000

Lol, Kelly. Yeah, I do tend to overstate Joe’s weight in my jokes. But, then again, don’t most Phillies fans? Risky? Nah.

By: kellyb9

kellyb9 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:37:11 +0000

“You will never have to buy a meal in Philly ever again.”
Coming from the guy who always makes fun of Joe Blanton, that’s a pretty risky statement there.

By: kellyb9

kellyb9 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:34:42 +0000

Matt Stairs is the only player to play for the A’s when they were in Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Oakland.

By: SmackSaw

SmackSaw — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:57:05 +0000

One of the best fat guys in the game.

“I ain’t an athlete, lady, I’m a baseball player.”

-John Kruk

By: trevorb06

trevorb06 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:45:05 +0000

‘Matt Stairs makes his major league debut. Fittingly enough, he’s a pinch hitter. He fans on four pitches in the 10th inning against Cincinnati Reds hurler Rob Dibble. That’s how long Stairs has been around—he faced Dibble with the Reds.’
-What was all that talk Dibble gave about pitchers lasting 15-20 years again?

By: sportsdrenched

sportsdrenched — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:40:30 +0000

Did I ever tell you about the time Matt Stairs and I went out for a drink. He stops in this abandon field and he says “Here we are”. We sit there for a year and a half. Sure enough they build a bar around us. He orders a shot. Knocks it back, and then burns the bar down. He then says: “always leave thing the way you found them”.

Or something like that.

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:40:26 +0000

Another notable thing about Matt Stairs that some Phillies fans might have forgotten…he hit the last home run that the beloved Harry Kalas ever called before passing away.

Matt Stairs, thanks for 2008. You will never have to buy a meal in Philly ever again.