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==Other work and personal life== In January 2012, Stairs accepted a job with the [[NESN]] sports news station to work as a [[Boston Red Sox]] studio analyst.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mahoney|first=Larry|date=January 30, 2012|title=Bangor's Matt Stairs gets NESN job as Red Sox studio analyst|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2012/01/30/sports/baseball/bangors-matt-stairs-gets-nesn-job-as-red-sox-studio-analyst/|access-date=January 31, 2012|website=[[Bangor Daily News]]|language=en-US}}</ref> On February 11, 2014, the Phillies announced that Stairs and fellow former-Phillie [[Jamie Moyer]] would join the team's television broadcasting crew as color analysts, following the dismissal of [[Gary Matthews]] and [[Chris Wheeler]]. Stairs worked with play-by-play commentator [[Tom McCarthy (broadcaster)|Tom McCarthy]] and in-game reporter Gregg Murphy, and occasionally with [[Ben Davis (baseball)|Ben Davis]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 11, 2014|title=Jamie Moyer and Matt Stairs to join Phillies broadcast booth|url=http://www.mcall.com/sports/mc-phillies-broadcast-moyer-stairs-20140211,0,4243902.story|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222035652/http://www.mcall.com/sports/mc-phillies-broadcast-moyer-stairs-20140211%2C0%2C4243902.story|archive-date=February 22, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2014|website=[[The Morning Call]]}}</ref> before moving to the Phillies' dugout as the team's hitting coach starting with the 2017 season.<ref name=":5" /> He is married to Lisa Astle of [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] with whom he has three daughters, Nicole, Alicia and Chandler.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Official Site of the Toronto Blue Jays|url=http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=122644|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625073743/http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=122644|archive-date=June 25, 2008|access-date=June 19, 2012|website=[[Toronto Blue Jays]]}}</ref> He lives in Fredericton and was named coach of the [[Fredericton High School]] ice hockey team in 2012, a job he had often referred to as his dream.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stubits|first=Brian|date=November 18, 2012|title=Video: Former MLB player Matt Stairs coaching high school hockey team|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/21041349/video-former-mlb-player-matt-stairs-coaching-high-school-hockey-team|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506100902/http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/21041349/video-former-mlb-player-matt-stairs-coaching-high-school-hockey-team|archive-date=May 6, 2014|access-date=May 6, 2014|website=[[CBS Sports]]}}</ref> Stairs was inducted into the [[New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame]] in June 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 1, 2012|title=Matt Stairs leads Sports Hall of Fame inductees|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/matt-stairs-leads-sports-hall-of-fame-inductees-1.1276911|access-date=January 6, 2022|website=[[CBC.ca]]}}</ref> On June 15, 2015, Stairs was inducted into the [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 13, 2015|title=New Brunswick's Matt Stairs heads to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-s-matt-stairs-heads-to-canadian-baseball-hall-of-fame-1.3111180|access-date=January 6, 2022|website=[[CBC.ca]]}}</ref> In November 2016, Stairs was among those nominated and placed on the [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2017|2017 ballot]] for the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]];<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 21, 2016|title=Burrell, Stairs Make 1st Appearance On 2017 Baseball HOF Ballot|url=https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/11/21/pat-burrell-matt-stairs-make-first-appearance-on-2017-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot/|access-date=November 22, 2016|website=[[KYW-TV|CBS Philadelphia]]|language=en-US}}</ref> he did not receive enough votes to appear on future ballots.
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