The Making of a Folk Hero

John Finger over at CSNPhilly.com wrote a great article yesterday about the folklore legend that is Matt Stairs. As usual Mateo had some great quotable gems:

At 5-foot-9, the off-season high school hockey coach appears as if he could be playing beer league softball with Eagles fans. “Average Joe,” Stairs calls it.

“Let’s face it, I’m not 6-foot-2 and trim. I’m 5-foot-9 and 2-I-really-don’t-care – I still keep myself in good shape,” he said of his physique. “I don’t want to give the fans an excuse not to like me, but I guess when I hit a big home run they say, ‘Hey, that guy is just like us.’”

and

“I always say I take one swing for the fans and the rest for my teammates.”

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Quotable Stairs

Everyone and their grandmother are weighing in on the whole Man-Ram (Manny Ramirez if you're not into the whole brevity thing) steroid extravaganza. Did he really do it? Will he make the Hall of Fame? Are those braids really extensions? Who cares.

One person that does matter shared his thoughts on the topic. That person is none other than the great Matt Stairs:

"If you know the stuff isn’t on the list, why take it? I know I’m not very smart, but I know I can figure that one out. There are a bunch of guys who are going to have to stop taking all this health shit and go back to being chubby and having fun.

I think now there are guys who are taking MLB approved supplements and sticking with it,” Stairs said. “But I’ve never even used that stuff and never will unless someone puts it in my drink by mistake."

Amen Mateo, A-MEN. *flexes beer gut*

Also, I would like to point out that the stuff Manny tested postive for was HCG which comes from pregnant women's pee. Pour that on your Cheerios and eat it.

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Quotable Stairs

As we all know, Matt is a man of many words (ie this gem). Recently the Inquirer caught up with him after breaking up the Brew Crew's Dave Bush's no-hitter. They asked him if he had ever broken up a no-no to which he replied,

"Yeah, in the first inning."

If Matt Stairs was any more of a man he would be made completely out of chest-hair and flannel.

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