TheStar.com - Sports - Stairs focused on job at hand

TheStar.com - Sports - Stairs focused on job at hand: "You want to watch what you say around Matt Stairs.

Acerbic really doesn't begin to encapsulate how quickly the whip-smart native of Saint John, N.B., can verbally flay you.

He'll do it with a straight face, leaving you not quite sure if he's joking or not.

'He's not afraid to rub you wrong,' manager John Gibbons said admiringly. 'And that's important.'"

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