Tag Archives: Nick Swisher

The Hatred and Hilarity in Game One of the 2009 World Series

The hand that controls the dolphin is the hand that makes those terrible throws from Yankee Stadium’s right field, plus other notes from an evening of watching someone else’s team have a good time.

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Swishy & Javy: Still Not The Answer

Nicky the Swish and Javy T. Squeeze could save this team. HAHA no, just kidding. They couldn’t. [Mouthpiece Sports]

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The 35th Street Post Office [July 16, 2009]

Dude, I’ve got a two-liter of Mountain Dew and a bunch of D&D books. Let’s party! Also, Bacon Spice is fair game.

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Counterparts

Better the devil you bro than the devil you don’t want playing first ever again. Actually, not really.

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Into the Future, Irresponsibly

Looking ahead to the next bold, unexpected, psychotic move by Kenny Williams.

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Ten Notes On Ten Games

1. No matter how many scoreless innings he pitches, dealing away Nick Swisher was still the right thing to do. 2. The Sox win with an average of 6.2 runs and lose with an average of 2.2 runs. This was not unexpected. 3. The fifth inning is the problem; opponents have scored in all but [...]

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The 35th Street Post Office [December 21, 2008]

On mystery punches, spending wisely, employment prospects and the best year of the late-mid-1990s.

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Rebuilder

Is there really a pleasant way to say your ballclub is in “whatever” mode?

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Even With an Iron Fist. . .

Hype and hyperbole in the form of staggered heavy metal and awkward front office transactions. Part one in a series.

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Brick

The Nick Swisher era comes to an end. Hope is burned for fuel, and all is kind of well.

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But What Do Numbers Mean, Anyway?

An underperforming centerfielder is not necessarily a death sentence, as long as you trade him for a franchise cornerstone and augment him with a Hall of Famer.

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Nonsense and Numerology

Reasons to be optimistic about the return of Paul Konerko this afternoon. Numerically and offensively speaking, of course. .189/.299/.407: Nick Swisher’s batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage since the All-Star Break. Dude could use a day or two off. .373/.467/.686: Konerko’s line for the past 28 days. Not too shabby. 11-for-49, 6 BBs: Alexei [...]

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As Time Goes By

The more things change, the more they don’t actually change all that much.

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What THOSE Girls Say

Perhaps “all-consuming hatred” isn’t the correct term after all. Katie from Oh, It’s THOSE Girls extends an olive branch.

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Awards Season

Someone around here is pretty awesome. Someone else, not so much.

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2008 Season Preview

Live arms, dead hope, empty promises and a whole field of unanswerable questions. Play ball!

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