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Phillies Name Matt Stairs New Hitting Coach

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Phillies named former slugger Matt Stairs as their new hitting coach on Wednesday.

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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