I read a story today that Matt Stairs had retired. My first reaction was shock, not at the fact that he retired, but at the fact he is still playing baseball. Stairs broke into the league with the Montreal Expos during the 1992-93 season (I was 8 years old). Of course we all all remember him. Not just because he looks nothing like a baseball player, but rather a guy you'd meet as some shitty biker bar in Western Mass. Rather it's probably because he played for your hometown team at some point. Matt Stairs played for 13 MLB teams (MLB) during his long career. Here is a quick list of the teams...
Montreal Expos
Boston Red Sox
Oakland Athletics
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kansas City Royals
Texas Rangers
Detroit Tigers
Toronto Blue Jays
Philadelphia Phillies
San Diego Padres
Washington Nationals
Stairs won a World Series title with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008, and will be known as maybe the best pinch hitter of all time hitting 23 pinch hit HRs in his career. We usually wouldn't give such a "role player" love on this site, but Matt Stairs deserves it.
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