In August 2008, the Phillies found themselves stricken with contention. This time, they were on the hunt for left-handed power off the bench. They found some on the Blue Jays roster, from which Pat Gillick plucked Matt Stairs to add to his talented young team. One month later, Gillick sent pitcher Fabio Castro to the Blue Jays as the player to be named later.
Castro had already thrown his last major league pitch. Stairs would go on to make a very clutch baseball-sized impact on the Dodger Stadium bleachers. The Phillies won that game, the NLCS, and the World Series.