Phillies Name Matt Stairs New Hitting Coach
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Phillies named former slugger Matt Stairs as their new hitting coach on Wednesday.
#Phillies have named former major leaguer Matt Stairs as the team's new hitting coach. pic.twitter.com/thEcqaul4s
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) November 2, 2016
Proud to call Matt Stairs a friend. Gonna miss him in the booth...but terrific hire for @phillies !
— Gregg Murphy (@GMurphPhils) November 2, 2016
Congrats buddy!! pic.twitter.com/xkzcqV9UX8
Stairs, 48, spent the past two seasons as a Phillies TV analyst.
As a player, Stairs played for 13 teams. Of course, Stairs joined the Phillies in August of 2008 and helped them win a World Series thanks to his famous Game 4 NLCS home run off Jonathan Broxton.
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