The happiest I've been all post-season was about an hour ago when Matt Stairs took a Jonathan Broxton fastball deep to give the Phillies a 7-5 lead and a 3-1 lead in the NLCS.
People in baseball have nothing but good things to say about Stairs and
from what I've observed he seems to be one of the nicest and genuinely
humble men in the game. Congratulations to Matt Stairs on your first
post-season HR. It couldn't have come at a bigger time, as it broke a
tie and gave the Phillies a decisive lead in the series. Geoff Jenkins'
face alone is worth a thousand words. Jays and baseball fans across the
country couldn't be happier for you.
Meanwhile, the Rays beat Jon Lester in Fenway Park behind big home runs
from BJ Upton and Evan Longoria and have a 2-1 lead in the ALCS with
Andy Sonnanstine facing off against Tim Wakefield on Monday night. In other baseball news, as Bauxities reported in another thread, John Gibbons has been hired as the bench coach for the KC Royals.
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