Hey Swisher, DO SOMETHING
1-liner, Athletes and Celebrities, Baseball October 29th. 2009, 2:45pm
The Outfield (Not the Band) SUcks: Nick Swisher is a mess. He’s 4-for-35 in the postseason, and has one hit in his last 17 at-bats. His RBI total in the last nine postseason games: ZERO. The rest of the NY outfield isn’t producing, either – Melky Cabrera has no homers and four RBI in the postseason. Johnny Damon only has three extra-base hits in 10 postseason games. Conversely, the Phillies OF triumvirate – Raul Ibanez, Shane Victorino and Jayson Werth – has combined for nine homers and 29 RBI in the postseason. When the Yankees have to pull Matsui’s DH bat this weekend, where will the New York offense come from? If the Yankees outfield continues this garbage, don’t be surprised if they get in on the Matt Holliday sweepstakes this winter.
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October 29th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
already looking forward to next year?
October 29th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
While watching last night’s game, I realized that NY’s lineup after AROD doesn’t scare me in the least bit.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
The Outfield (the band) rocks. Your Love and Winnin’ it All – rock-solid classics.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
hence Holliday talk. Sparty mentioned Crawford. Jason Bay is an option.
Tex has done it with the glove but he’s their No. 2 bat and he’s done jack.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
What about that bullpen? Greatest closer ever might never get a chance to throw. Then again if he was the greatest closer ever he would be pitching the 9 out saves.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Your Love is about the most awesome song ever. Anytime I hear that, I am smiling.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
i think i’m done with baseball if the yankees sign holliday next year. absolutely absurd if that happens.
so i’ll just enjoy watching them lose the series in 5 games this year.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
their offense is going to look even worse when the pitcher has to bat.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Damon: 123 OPS+
Swisher: 127 OPS+
Crawford: 111 OPS+
Bay: 132 OPS+
Holliday: 125 OPS+ (In the AL)
168 OPS+ (In the NL)
Please. Please needlessly spend your money on anyone not named Jason Bay.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Nick Swisher sucking in the postseason is just about the least surprising thing ever…possibly the only preseason prediction I got right back in April
October 29th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
but all these stats that are awesome say swisher isnt awful! stats!
October 29th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Are you pitching game 3 or game 4?
October 29th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
+1
/hates when people call the song “Josie’s on a vacation far away”
October 29th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
+1
/hates when people call the song “Josie’s on a vacation far away”
That’s the most old man thing I’ve ever hear you say.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
I like my girls a little bit older.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
You’re not using my love tonight or any other night.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Not sure what Cabrera finished with last night, but he got pretty hot in that Angels series. What was his OBP? How many runs did he score? RBI isn’t that big of a deal when you’re batting like 7th. You are the RBI at that point.
Damon had a pretty big two-run single in Game 5 (?) that got the Yankees going. He also has five RBI and at least one hit in the last five postseason games.
Look, I’m by far a Yankees hater, but the outfield isn’t that bad. Besides Swisher. He sucks.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Small sample size… postseason.
Swisher has a better eye for the strikezone than anyone in that lineup outside of Tex. You’re hating Swisher for the same reasons that everyone hated Bobby Abreu in NY.
I’d take either of them in my OF.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
/fixed
October 29th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
this outfield talk has me jamming some 80’s on pandora
October 29th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I remember when Yankee fan was loving this signing. The whole time I was saying to myself “they do know it’s Nick f’ing Swisher, right?” He reminds me of Trot Nixon, and yes, that’s a bad thing.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
The Phillies will be playing Scandal’s “Goodbye to You” after Game 4 or 5 at this rate.
/love it
October 29th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
3 games in the middle of August is a small sample size. The postseason is not a small sample size, it is a season in of itself.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Who the hell calls it that?
October 29th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
i spent this morning trying to talk TBL off the ledge. takes 4 to win a series. if blowing a 3-0 lead isn’t enough of a lesson, i tried to point it out to him when the Yanks went down 2-0 to the Braves at the Stadium. they were humiliated those first couple games.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I love him. He’s awesome, he’s like the anti-yankee stereotype. Plus, he carried this team while A-ROD was rehabbing the knee. He’s having a bad series, but Swish def has produced enough for him to warrant not sucking.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
intern bill revealed!!!
October 29th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
leave swisher in the lineup, get gardner in, melky out.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
My story. I saw them in concert in my hometown several years ago. They were doing a show for a local concert ceries. The host of the show was a total douchebag that I used to work with. He proclaimed himself the world’s biggest outfield fan, and then said on air that his favorite song was “Josie’s on a vaction far away.” You should have seen the look on the band’s faces. Like “this douchebag is such a big fan–he doesn’t even know the name of the song.” They left immediately after the show was over.
For the record, the coolest band I ever met was The Smithereens.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
the series is far from over, anyone who thinks its over is kidding themselves
October 29th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Grandpa jersey took me there. I was 9. I forget what inning, but I remember being up 3-1, Cox got ejected, the stadium started to do the tomahawk chant with the hand motion. Fucking most awesome moment of life. I think that’s when I was molded into a insufferable homer douche.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
But…nobody has more fun playing the game than Swisher. Thats why they got him right? Hows that workin out?
I think in the offseason they should sign an over-the-hill guy in his late 30’s, overpay for him, watch him suck and then complain about it.
Sheffield may be available for round 2 with the Yankers.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Hairston is in, Swisher is out.
Hairston batting something like .370 off Pedro with close to 40 at bats.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
17, my dad kept telling me when they went to Atlanta down 2-0, “it takes 4 to win a series.” first thing he would say after any loss or win.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
can melky be out too? get gardner in! fetch, help me out.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Please ignore the 39 HRs and 120something RBIs during the regular season. His performance over the 10 postseason games tells us all we need to know. How about LaRoche for Tex, straight up?
October 29th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
and it takes 4 to lose. 1 down, three to go.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
didn’t you hear? regular season doesn’t matter.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
And apparently 10 games is a significant sample size. Glad I stopped by today. Learned a lot.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
It really doesn’t.
/Horry’d
October 29th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
3 games in the middle of August is a small sample size. The postseason is not a small sample size, it is a season in of itself.
For fuck sakes lefty, it’s a whole ‘nother season, not some fucking three game series in August. Get your head out of your ass.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Now that I think about it, another 3 wins in August probably changes the complexion of September, and how the races played out. I don’t know what to think now! Somebody tell me what to think! Need conventional wisdom!
October 29th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
There are a lot of people on here who don’t grasp the concept of what makes you a good hitter.
/all I’m going to say
October 29th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
This is why I love Yankee fans. They lose one game and its “trade him! sign him! so-and-so stinks!”
What kind of production did you think you were going to get out of a clumsy/old Damon, an average player in Melky, and a below average player in Swisher?
October 29th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
2008 The Angels had the best record in baseball, the Phillies had the second fewest amount of wins of any Division winner in baseball. Of course this means the Angels are the defending World Champs because their record says so, no matter what some small sample size says. I hate to break it to you guys, and please don’t go and slam your trusty dusty calculators in the process, but every sport is played for that so called small sample size. Divisions are won in order to get to that small sample size. Free agents are signed in order to get to that small sample size. That is why it’s called the second season. There is a reason the Patriots didn’t have a championship ceremony at the beginning of last year, even though they went through the regular season undefeated. You won’t find the reason in your calculators.
October 29th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
The light from the point will take three thousand years to reach your solar system Darrell. Three thousand years.
October 29th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
The light travels at a much faster pace from a tv or stadium.