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Stairs hit his first career postseason home run on October 13, 2008, in Game 4 of the 2008 National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers off Jonathan Broxton, allowing the Phillies to take the lead and win the game.
Things looked great for the Dodgers until Cory Wade relieved in the eighth and Shane Victorino hit a two-run home run that landed in the visitor's bullpen to tie the score. Jonathan Broxton came in after Carlos Ruiz singled off Wade and promptly gave up another two-run homer to pinch-hitter Matt Stairs , the veteran's first career postseason homer.
The 40-year-old hit two homers in 17 at-bats during the last few weeks of the regular season and provided a game-winning, pinch-hit moonshot in Game 4 of the NLCS. It earned Stairs a World Series ring, and as he tweeted on Sunday, gratitude from Philadelphia bartenders for all eternity: 5 years ago today is when I started drinking free in Philly.
I distinctly remember hearing a different Stairs pinch hit homerun on the radio. It was one of those hits that was so loud you knew it was a homerun before Frantzke even had a chance to say anything. After Stairs hit it and was rounding the bases LA said "Is he wearing sneakers?"
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Jan 26, 2023 · Matt Stairs recalls home run that helped Philadelphia Phillies reach, win 2008 World Series [Video] Stairs’ pinch-hit, two-run home run came in Game 4 of the National League...
His longest tenure was for five years in Oakland, where he hit 122 dingers, slashed at a .268/.363/.509 line and routinely looked like a dude you did not want to mess with. When a player dons so many uniforms, it's generally hard to decide which team he might call his true home.
Oct 14, 2008 · Matt Stairs crunched a two-run homer deep into the right-field bleachers, breaking a tie in the eighth inning and powering the Phillies to a victory over Los Angeles.
