TORONTO -- Jonny Gomes channeled his inner Matt Stairs when he stepped to the plate, letting loose his 10th career pinch-hit home run in the top of the eighth inning of the Braves' 8-7 win over the Blue Jays on Friday.
"That's great company, love that guy," Gomes, the active pinch-hit home run leader, said of Stairs, the retired Canadian slugger who holds the all-time record of 42. "If the book could be written on how to DH and how to pinch-hit, it would be out there. But it's not, which means the formula is not yet written.