Philadelphia Phillies' Matt Stairs rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run to take the lead as Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Jonathan Broxton walks off the mound during the 8th inning in Game 4 of the National League baseball championship series Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Los Angeles. AP Photo logo AP Photo 13 months ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Matt Stairs rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run to take the lead as Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Jonathan Broxton walks off the mound during the 8th inning in Game 4 of the National League baseball championship series Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Los Angeles.

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  6. PHILADELPHIA - OCTOBER 08: A fan of the Philadelphia Phillies has a Phillies logo painted on her face prior to Game Two of the NLDS against the Colorado Rockies during the 2009 MLB Playoffs at Citizens Bank Park on October 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  7. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 29: Matt Stairs #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies sits in the dugout during batting practice against the New York Yankees in Game Two of the 2009 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 29, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
  8. Philadelphia Phillies' Matt Stairs. left, runs to home as Jayson Werthwaits to congradualte him after Stairs hit a grand slam in the top of the ninth inning during a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, in Washington. Nationals won 8-7.
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  10. New York Yankees' Derek Jeter leaps over Philadelphia Phillies' Carlos Ruiz to turn a double play on a ball hit by Matt Stairs during the eighth inning of Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Philadelphia.
  11. New York Yankees' Derek Jeter leaps over Philadelphia Phillies' Carlos Ruiz to turn a double play on a ball hit by Matt Stairs during the eighth inning of Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Philadelphia.
  12. New York Yankees' Derek Jeter leaps over Philadelphia Phillies' Carlos Ruiz to turn a double play on a ball hit by Matt Stairs during the eighth inning of Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Philadelphia.
  13. FILE - In this July 17, 1979, file photo, National League's Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates holds the trophy after winning the MVP award in baseball's All Star Game in Seattle. Parker might have been baseball's best player in the late 1970s. Once on the fast track to Cooperstown, his career was derailed by a cocaine scandal. Now that one-time rival Jim Rice is in the Hall of Fame, Parker thinks it may hasten his own induction.
  14. Police trucks stand by near the headquarters of the National League for Democracy as the opposition party members wait for a court's verdict to their leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. The court found Suu Kyi guilty Tuesday of violating her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. The head of the military-ruled country ordered her to serve out an 18-month sentence under house arrest.
  15. In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, Khin Maung Swe, party spokesman of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, talks to journalists after meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell at the party's headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar. The highest-ranking American diplomat to visit Myanmar in 14 years offered improved relations Wednesday if its military regime moves toward democracy, putting into action the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with the isolated country.
  16. In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party gather under portraits of their leader at the party's headquarters while waiting for U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell in Yangon, Myanmar. The highest-ranking American diplomat to visit Myanmar in 14 years offered improved relations Wednesday if its military regime moves toward democracy, putting into action the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with the isolated country.

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