Being Yanks' leader in smiles and laughs not cutting it for Swish

All season, Yankees fans crowed on about Nick Swisher(notes), his great attitude and the overall sense of joie de vivre he brought to a traditionally stiff team. And all season, knowing White Sox fans just nodded, smiled and said: "Just wait. His performance at the plate is going to end up driving you crazy and all that clubhouse joke won't be so cute." Well, it took a little bit longer than expected, but the levels of angst in The Bronx are finally approaching the levels that caused Chicago to ship Swisher away for almost nothing last offseason. The tipping point came in Thursday's ALCS Game 5. With the bases loaded and the Yankees trailing by a run, Swisher quickly went 0-2, fought his way back to a full count, but could then only turn a fastball he was expecting into a measly popup off creaky Angels closer Brian Fuentes(notes). The out ended the game and an 0-for-5 night for Swisher, a game that also included contributing the first and third outs to New York...