PHILADELPHIA – When Matt Stairs swapped his Phillies broadcaster polo for a uniform he last wore nearly a decade ago and traded his bird’s eye view for a seat at the dugout railing, the newly ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 -- The average written portrait of Matt Stairs, back before one swing crushed the average life to smithereens, began with a recitation of the everyman shortcomings. Stairs is ...

Matt Stairs, baseball's all-time leader in pinch-hit home runs, has been around the big league block a few times. The San Diego Padres are his 12th major league team since he broke in with the ...

Matt Stairs amassed 265 home runs, 899 RBI and a .262 batting average over an 18 year career. AP Photo/Jack Dempsey. Of course, the other easy reason was that the well-traveled Stairs probably ...

With that, Matt Stairs left behind the scrappy hustler he never was and reintroduced himself as Babe Ruth Miniature. He crushed 27 homers in only 352 at-bats in his first real shot at the big leagues.

Philadelphia Phillies' Matt Stairs hits a two-run home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the eighth inning in Game 4 of Major League Baseball's NLCS playoff series in Los Angeles, October 13 ...

Matt Stairs was gearing up for retirement when another opportunity to step to plate came around.. Stairs, who will forever live in Phillies lore for his mighty blast to win Game 4 of the 2008 NLCS ...

PEORIA, Ariz. — Matt Stairs put on a uniform again in 2017, moving from the broadcast booth to the dugout, where he oversaw measurable progress by the Philadelphia Phillies’ offense. Now, the ...

Matt Stairs was nothing short of a journeyman throughout his 19-season career. And while he did play in the outfield, he will be remembered in baseball as the pinch-hitter who hit more home runs ...

Stairs hit one of the most titanic postseason home runs in Phillies history, both by measurables and significance. He was called to pinch hit in the eighth inning of Game 4 of the 2008 NLCS.

Matt Stairs sat on the bench in the visiting dugout at Dodger Stadium for seven innings, a red jacket covering his Phillies uniform top. He knew that night ? yes, that night in October of 2008 ...