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49 Responses to “Phillies Acquire Matt Stairs”

1. Greg V. Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 9:38 am

   Book your World Series tickets while you can!

2. ball 4 Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 10:03 am

   fill thine horn with oil and go

3. Griffin Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 10:05 am

   that should fill our Canadian quota

4. ball 4 Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 10:07 am

   john krucks the professional hitter

5. METS62FAN Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 10:07 am

   BUT CAN HE PITCH EVERY 5?

6. Phil Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 10:09 am

   We don’t need a starting pitcher mets62fan.

7. NEPA Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 10:15 am

   So this means that he’s now been on every team in the entire league, correct?

8. Gavin Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 11:15 am

   Now we can rest easy that our bullpen won’t blow another lead. (Sigh or relief). This is a fat Geoff Jenkins……I cant believe they gave up Carpernter for this guy.

9. Gavin Says:
   August 29th, 2008 at 11:15 am

   Don’t panic, I was just joking about Carpenter, but in all seriousness if they gave up a good prospect here………….:(

10. METS62FAN Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 11:41 am

    HEY, PHIL, THAT’S WHAT U THINK! KEEP STRETCHING THAT PEN & U’LL BE EATING SOME COLD COLLAPSE STEW LEFT OVER FROM ‘07. U’LL NEED 7 STRONG FROM ALL 5 OF WHAT U’VE GOT & U BETTER GIT ‘ER DONE IN 9
    EXCUSE CAPSLOCK ACCOMODATING DISABILITY. THANKS…

11. jay Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 11:43 am

    greg v you joking right? you actually think a 40 year old guy is gonna help the phillies to the world series?

12. Greg Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Fabio Castro is most likely to be the prospect dealt for Stairs.

13. J-Man Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 12:41 pm

    I doubt he’ll be a big additon for the team because he’s 40 years old and isn’t having a good year but we really needed another lefty bat because it looks like Jenkins is out for the year.

14. George Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    I immediately throw out the opinions of anyone who uses the line “git ‘er done”.

    Oh, and Mets fans.

    Double whammy.

    I have no problem with this addition. Combine it with the rosters expanding, and the bench depth through the stretch run will be much improved. Now if we could only turn So Taguchi into a real baseball player…

15. Gabriel Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    jenks goes down so we replace him with his own prototype???
    wow FO, wow
    i thought gillick wanted to go out on a high note… have fun owning seattle patty
    this is one of the most pointless moves in recent history

16. Gabriel Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    how about an arm for the famished pen? can jimmy pitch?

17. Geoff Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

    theres still time to put jimmy on waivers.

18. rhy Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    There wasn’t a better left-handed bat to trade for in all of baseball? Matt Stairs? Are you effing kidding me?

19. rocky Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    I wish that I could be a front runner like the dallas cowboys fans in this city or other front runners. But being born and raise here I can’t do it so to the phillies owners please before I DIE SELL THE TEAM YOU MADE ENOUGH. you turned a 55 million purchase into 550 million isn’t that a enough.

20. philsphan Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    Stairs is better than Jenkins or Taguchi. I have no problem with this. I would rather have Stairs than Mike Lamb!

    Also Matt Stairs has great numbers at CBP!

21. Geoff Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    Yeah it is time for them to sell. Its an ideal time actually. if they held onto the teams for years an dpenny pinched the way theyve been doing that would qualify as a terrorist policy.

22. Geoff Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    causing harm and decades of agony to the population

23. Gabriel Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    hahah nice geoff…
    i would love for the last home games of the year NOBODY to show up…
    an old fashioned boycott would show these tightwad owners to give us a championship…
    i honestly wonder how much they have limited ALL of their GM’s???
    if we dont make the playoffs… sell your core to revamp the farm
    or draft better or something

24. Georgie Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    I remember when Gillick first came here he seemed really excited about building a championship team. He has gradually lost that sense of urgency and seems half in the bag alot of the time. I would bet his hands have been tied as far as big deals by the greedy owners, who are satisfied with filling the park every night.

25. Geoff Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    If they dont make the playoffs im all about shipping hwoard and jimmy on out. The problem with boycotts is some idiot always ruins it by going. they need to sell definitely. new ownership will likely not be as bad. so theyll bring in competent baseball people who will in turn bring in competent baseball people and theyll bring in good players, etc.

    please at the very least: lets not see rich dukee anymore after this season.

26. Geoff Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    yeah he settle into a lazy doldrumic malaise after about one year.

27. Richie Allen Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    doldrumic ?

28. Geoff Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    hes been like half depressed and half lackadaisical

29. Gabriel Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    the boycott idea was more of a ‘marxism’, only works in theory…

30. Richie Allen Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    Too bad we cant swipe Duncan from the cardinals…he’s a real pitching coach.

31. Geoff Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 2:30 pm

    yeah he is.

32. Lee Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

    Buster Olney is reporting that Fabio Castro is going to the Blue Jays for Stairs… http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3559308

33. Geoff Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    AHAHAHAH. remember, that they did not get matt holliday and brian fuentes in that superdeal because THEY WOULDNT GIVE UP FABIO CASTRO as the final piece. liars!

34. jays fan 4 life Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    you guys are gettin a real classy guy who will not only help the phils playoff run but should also help the young guys on the team in toronto he really helped the youngsters and even veterans like wells! Go stairs bring home the trophy for canada!

35. philsphan Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    Geoff: That was not a true report. Eskin said that the Phillies had a trade for ROy Halladay but wouldn’t give up Castro…It was obviously false and didn’t make any sense anyway.

36. MaineSox Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    If some of you had a clue, you’d realize that you need guys like Stairs for the stretch run…look what Hinske did for our Sox last year. Plus what Jays fan said, he’s a good smart lefty bat with power, great clubhouse guy, a great influence for the kids, and knows the game and what his role his..and you will all be cheering when he pinch hits a 3 run walk-off HR….and he’s a helluva hockey player, I know that first hand….

37. Geoff Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    matt holliday, not roy halladay

38. nationals#1 Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 1:59 am

    You heard it from me first, the phils traded fabio Castro for stairs

39. METS62FAN Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 9:52 am

    PHILSPHAN, WHO DOESN’T HAVE GREA5T NUMBERS IN SBP AS U CALL IT? CBP? DOESN’T THAT STAND FOR CIGAR BOX PARK, IF NOT, IT SHOULD.

40. Fran Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 10:23 am

    actually i said it was castro yesterday

41. ball 4 Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 10:51 am

    castro isnt going to be anything so why worry

42. amanda Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 11:11 am

    i’m glad its carrasco and not carrasco. this morning i read in the paper that it could be carrasco and i got worried. i’m glad its fabio. not a huge loss.

    i like the addition of stairs. adds some depth to the bench and another OFer.

    he was 6 HRs and 10 RBI at CBP. he was good numbers at CBP in limited at bats.

43. Geoff Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    Guess he really didnt have much potential. OR once someone other than rich dubee or the phillies get a hold of him, you know, real pitching coaches, that theyll turn him into a good major league pitcher. just wait and see….

    im going to ny for weekend, theyd better win these two games coming up. no excuses. im will be in an uproar if they dont get their act together over the weekend.

44. Georgie Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 11:55 am

    Geoff, will you be ballsy enough to wear Phillies gear in NY? And if you do, be careful young one, and keep your wits about you.

45. mikemike Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

    Amanda Those good numbers are against our starters. He will be facing real major league pitching this month. We face brewers with sheets and cc. and then santana, lets see him hit those pitchers, His hits were aginst eaton, kendrick, madson, condrey, seanez. that some really great pitching isn’t it.

46. KM Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 2:16 pm

    I like Greg V’s comment at the top . . . “Book your world series tickets while you can.”

    Yea, this Matt Stairs move will clearly put us over the top, whereas the possible trades for sabathia, holliday or manny would have not done the job. But I can’t be hard on the Phillies, because according to them, they “almost fell short trade for Sabathia(Philly.com);”"they couldn’t finalize the deal for for Holliday/Fuentes(FoxSports); and “almost made the deal for Manny(SI.com).”

    Honestly, do we really believe that the Phillies were even contenders on those deals, or are the Phillies trying to blow some smoke and get people to think they are trying to better the team? Personally, I have no doubt in my mind that it is the latter.

    Matt Stairs is the answer . . . but it wasn’t to the right question.

47. Geoff Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    I can’t stop writing on this blog. I can’t leave my house. All I can think about is blogging about the Phillies. Um, um, um… must blog. Phillies… must blog. I hate the Mets. I like Phillies.

48. Darren Daulton Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    Geoff blogs so much that the J on his keyboard is missing.

49. Johnny Escalator Says:
    October 14th, 2008 at 10:00 am

    LMAO – Stairs’ 2-run homer might have been the shot to put us in the World Series. Funny how things work out, eh?

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