Swisher - add'l thoughts

While I've been a little slow on catching up with baseball this spring, my ears certainly perked up when I heard that outfielder/infielder Nick Swisher pitched a perfect 8th inning in a game where the Yankees were getting trounced.

As Jenni mentions, there is something kind of likable about the guy. I know I originally made some disparaging comments, but on second thought I think I might be turning the corner on Nick Swisher.

Part of my distrust/hate of Swisher is that he really sucked it up last year when he was with the White Sox. As Yankee fans will probably soon find out, he's kind of awful.

SEASON		TEAM		G		AB		R		H		2B		3B		HR		RBI		TB		BB		SO		SB		CS		OBP		SLG		AVG
2004		Oakland Athletics		20		60		11		15		4		0		2		8		25		8		11		0		0		.352		.417		.250
2005		Oakland Athletics		131		462		66		109		32		1		21		74		206		55		110		0		1		.322		.446		.236
2006		Oakland Athletics		157		556		106		141		24		2		35		95		274		97		152		1		2		.372		.493		.254
2007		Oakland Athletics		150		539		84		141		36		1		22		78		245		100		131		3		2		.381		.455		.262
2008		Chicago White Sox		153		497		86		109		21		1		24		69		204		82		135		3		3		.332		.410		.219

Look at that downward trend, most recently afflicted on the White Sox. Swisher may be all fun and games now, but it will be another story once he starts sucking again.

BUT, that being said I for one would like to see Nick Swisher do well. But instead of seeing him as a Jack Black, I think he's really a lot closer to the new slimmed down Horatio Sanz.

On second thought. Maybe Horatio Sanz got too skinny to be an effective Swisher. Let's try SNL era Sanz...

I think that's closer. Maybe Nick Swisher can team up with Jimmy Fallon!