"The Nationals signed pinch-hitting specialist Matt Stairs to a minor league team contract, the team announced this afternoon on its official Twitter feed. Stairs, who turns 43 in February, will be invited to major league camp and compete for a spot on the Nationals bench as a left-handed power hitter to be used late in games. Stairs holds the major league record with 23 career pinch-hit home runs and ranks 11th all-time with 99 pinch hits. He has played for 12 teams in a career that began with the Montreal Expos in 1992." http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2010/12/nationals_sign_matt_stairs.html
