NICK SWISHER NEWS
Espen Nystuen's doggy-style goal celebration
July 03, 2009 by
Epic Carnival
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Can you imagine A-Rod going 3-run **** and then Nick Swisher bending him over a Gatorade bucket? Well, yes.
Yankees' Loss Inspires Frantic Search For New Small-Sample-Size Scapegoat
The Yankees lost 7-6 yesterday, and if it wasn't Girardi's fault, it was Burnett's fault or Hughes' fault or Swisher's fault, three men demonstrating an unmanly lack of clutch, unlike the New York media's new darling of clutch, Alex Rodriguez. Have you heard...
Swisher Figures Out Yankee Stadium
September 08, 2009 by
Baseball Musings
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Nick Swisher scored the first and last run of the game as he homers twice, the second in the bottom of the ninth to give the Yankees a 3-2 victory over the Rays. That gives Swisher five home runs at Yankee Stadium this season against 21 on the road. He’s put up MVP [...]
Swisher Walks
October 17, 2009 by
Baseball Musings
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Nick Swisher walks with two outs in the bottom of the second, the first base runner for the Yankees. Saunders hasn’t given up a hit, but he’s throwing a high percentage of his pitches for balls. The game is still scoreless.
Update: Cano takes two strikes, then splits the...
Touch ‘Em All: Swisher Blows Comeback, Nats Blowout Cubs
August 26, 2009 by
Souvenir City
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Rangers 10 – Yankees 9: The Yankees could’ve had an AMAZING comeback in this game. Going into the 9th, it was 10-5. With nobody out and men on 2nd and 3rd, it was 10-9. Then, Nick Swisher attempted a sacrifice bunt. He popped out. The following batter was Mr....
The Sodo Mojo Triumvirate’s First Annual Rountable Discussion (Part Two)
Harrison: Nick Swisher! that’s what i’m talking about … this conversation just got even better. I do agree with you the philosophy that Jack has tried to instill in this group is just simply get under valued players and expose them, use them, and now the next...
The Melky, A-Rod & CC Show Lead Yanks To 10-1 Win Over Angels
October 20, 2009 by
Baseball & The Boogie Down
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It's late. I'm tired. This post will be abbreviated with a much longer one coming tomorrow at some point. I wanted to get something up before I went to bed. Who am I kidding? I'm probably going to bust out a full post. Time will tell.Tonight's game in a word: awesome...
Yankees’ Swisher upbeat despite playoff slump
Nick Swisher went 0 for 5 in New York’s 7-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in Game 5 of the ALCS, dropping his postseason average to .103 (3 for 29) with 10 strikeouts and leaving manager Joe Girardi to ponder a lineup change for Saturday night’s Game 6.
Swisher in Yanks lineup; rain remains a concern
October 24, 2009 by
Fox Sports
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If the Yankees and Angels play Game 6 of the American League Championship Series tonight, Nick Swisher will be in the New York lineup.
Girardi: “We Are Shooting For Travis Bickle”
June 24, 2009 by
Tirico Suave
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With the losses mounting by the day, Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher’s perceived personality has gone from “hard-working quirskter” to “insolent poser.”
In response, manager Joe Girardi is aiming to sign renowned New York cabbie Travis Bickle. The plan...
Nick Swisher is more important than you think
July 09, 2009 by
This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes
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Take a moment with me, and imagine the following scenario:It is, say, April 14, 2009. The season is a week old and your baseball team, your beloved New York Yankees have gone to war with an outfield that consists of Johnny Damon, Brett Gardner and Xavier Nady, with Melky Cabrera available...
Superstitions
October 15, 2009 by
Sliding Into Home
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Do you have any superstitions? reoccurring habits? or things you do when something is going well or not so well? For me there's a few baseball superstitions that I do here and there but never consistently. Mostly the rally cap and pointing my shoes towards the north-pole are the...
Swisher homer sparks Yankees' fifth straight win
Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer in New York's four-run second inning and the surging Yankees beat the sloppy Seattle Mariners 5-2 on Saturday for their 12th win in 13 games.
Swisher Benched For Game 2 Against Pedro
28 days ago by
Baseball Blogging Network
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Yankees manager Joe Girardi benched slumping outfielder Nick Swisher for Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night and again put Jose Molina behind the plate to catch A.J. Burnett. The Yankees are in a must win game situation and the changes were meant to give them a better chance...
Yankees sit Swisher
28 days ago by
CBSSports.com
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Yankees manager Joe Girardi has decided to bench slumping outfielder
Nick Swisher for Game 2 of the World Series. Jose Molina also will replace
Jorge Posada behind the plate.
Yankees keep Rays on skids
NEW YORK(AP) Nick Swisher hit his second home run of the game, connecting with one out in the ninth inning to lead the New York Yankees over Tampa Bay 3-2 Tuesday night and send the Rays to their season-high seventh straight loss.
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The Yankees are just two victories away from their 26th world title, thanks to Nick Swisher's all-around excellence in the club's 8-5 win over the Phillies in Game 3 of the World Series.
Savoring the Moment
September 27, 2009 by
Sliding Into Home
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With the inflated expecatations and the inevitability of the Yankees clinching of the AL East title, its obvious to turn to what comes next. However, its been a regular season that I'm going to remember for a long time regardless of what this team does in October. So lets stop...
Return Of The "Rock N' Roll" Tongue Bath
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. After last night's base stealing extravaganza, Johnny Damon is feeling pretty good about himself. Good enough to revive his devilish tongue salute with Nick...
Swish Hits
August 15, 2009 by
Baseball Musings
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Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer as part of a four-run Yankees second inning as they lead Seattle 4-1. The home run gives Swisher 19 on the season and 16 on the road. For some reason, home runs at the new Yankee Stadium haven’t been as easy for Swisher as they’ve been for [...]
Nick Swisher, Joanna Garcia and the "Jake Plummer Grizzly Adams"
October 27, 2009 by
Legend of Cecilio Guante
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I'm still undecided on this whole apocalyptic World Series match up. That aside, I'm slowly coming around on at least one Yankee -- his name is Nick Swisher. Sure, at one time I kinda likened him to the overrated Eric Byrnes-type who nobody could seem to shut up about. Constantly...
Bring on October
September 27, 2009 by
This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes
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The Yankees, and their fans, can only hope that today's champagne drenched locker room is only the first of many to come.As Mariano Rivera soaked Kim Jones in the clubhouse, and Nick Swisher chugged Dom in the middle of his postgame interview, Yankee fans could simply sit back...
2009- Baseball Magic
21 days ago by
Sliding Into Home
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Last night the New York Yankees did something that they haven't done in nearly a decade. They reversed the trend of steady decline I've seen since I first became a fan in '04, they gave many young fans their first championship, they won one for the Boss, they vanquished...
In for his Defense
October 25, 2009 by
Baseball Musings
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Vlad Guerrero leads off the second with an infield hit, but Nick Swisher makes a great play on a Kendry Morales fly ball to shallow right. Guerrero went halfway to second, possibly thinking Cano and Swisher might collide. Nick called off Robinson, however, and made a strong throw to...
Awful Umpiring: The Human Element, They Said
Is this the worst postseason umpiring we've seen since Eric Gregg and Livan Hernandez? We've seen some great baseball this October...and no one's talking about it. That's because we've seen so many egregiously wrong calls that, really, who can talk about anything...
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