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Phillies acquire Stairs from Blue Jays to replace Jenkins

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Friday, August 29, 2008

The Toronto Blue Jays have completed its trade of Matt Stairs to the Philadelphia Phillies, who were in need of a left-handed bat off the bench to replace the injured Geoff Jenkins. The trade was first reported by FoxSports.com on Friday. "I never really had a say in it," Stairs said Friday. "They told me I was going to a contending team and that made it a little easier to accept than if I was going to a team that was out of the race. That would have been different. "This is a good oppo ...

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