Maybe they should just start playing the music from “The Natural” when Matt Stairs comes up to bat.
Stairs did it again Sunday.
One of the most riveting memories of last year’s run to the World Series title was the monster shot Stairs launched deep into the L.A. night to beat the Dodgers in Game 4 of last year’s NLCS.
Yesterday he was at it again, this time in the Mile High City. Staairs was doing his best Robert Redford-Roy Hobbs imitation when he hit a ball almost a mile, depositing it in the Rockies bullpen, some 432 feet away from home plate, to lift the Phils to a 7-5 come-from-behind win.
Stairs really has one person on this team. Exactly what he did yesterday. Stairs does not get cheated when he comes up to bat. He’s swinging for the fences.
Yesterday, once again, he cleared them. With plenty to spare.
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