Stairs did not hit a home run Monday night. I walked into the batter's box, and there was one thing on my mind, and that was to go for the Budweiser sign.'' 'Almost eerie, how similar.''īroxton said he didn't experience a flashback. 'Very similar,'' Phillies reliever Scott Eyre (notes) said. Phillies manager Charlie Manuel summoned Stairs to take it away from him. Dodgers manager Joe Torre entrusted Broxton and his 100-mph fastball with the game. The Dodgers needed a win to draw even with the Phillies and stave off almost-certain elimination. Like last season, it was Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. But Monday night, the Dodgers' closer could not escape his past, coming face to face again with a personal demon, one appearing in the lumpy shape of a middle-aged Canadian who once joked that he'd be driving a Zamboni machine if he couldn't hit a baseball.