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This has to be the last one of these, right? Games are being played. Pitchers are going more than two innings. Clearly we’re past the point where feature articles are being written about ballplayers rededicating themselves and all of that, right?
Oh well, for now at least, here’s the last one: Nick Swisher:
Yet few think of Swisher in that company, and he knows he’s running out of time to change outside perceptions. After a generally down year in 2011, he rededicated himself to his offseason workouts. He showed up ripped, and said he’s quicker, stronger, and faster than ever before—something manager Joe Girardi couldn’t help but notice.
“He’s all three of those—quicker, stronger, and faster. I think he gets around the bases better, I watch him in the outfield, I watched him play first base the other day—he’s swung the bat well,” Girardi said.
That “outside perceptions” stuff is about how, despite being a pretty darn productive player overall, people tend to think of him as more of a goofball than as a solid, dedicated ballplayer.
Gee, if only people stopped making such unwarranted assumptions.
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- phukyouk - Mar 14, 2012 at 9:23 AM
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On that note HAPPY PI DAY!
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- El Bravo - Mar 14, 2012 at 10:09 AM
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Nick Swisher is a raging douchenozzle. If you don’t believe me, seek out the song he made. Also, see definition of douchenozzle, his picture is next to it.
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- phukyouk - Mar 14, 2012 at 10:26 AM
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damn.. you may be the first person to ever think that
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- El Bravo - Mar 14, 2012 at 10:58 AM
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No way! Nick Swisher is my least favorite MLB player. I disliked him back on the White Sox and nothing has changed. I don’t know, but a lot of Sox fans here don’t care for him so it’s normal to dislike the guy in Chicago I guess….
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- WhenMattStairsIsKing - Mar 14, 2012 at 1:11 PM
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Tell me again what he did in Chicago? I live here too and had no idea then either, other than him and Ozzie not getting along.
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- kopy - Mar 14, 2012 at 10:29 AM
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I disliked Nick Swisher when he was with the A’s and White Sox, before it was cool to dislike him.
Official 2012 BSOHL Roster
Nick Swisher – NYY
Jose Valverde – DET
Darwin Barney – CHC
Brandon Inge – DET
Matt Diaz – ATL
Shin-Soo Choo – CLE
Bryan LaHair – CHC
Mat Gamel – MIL
Joe Saunders – ARI
Danny Valencia – MIN
Chris Davis – BAL
Brandon McCarthy – OAK
Anthony Swarzak – MIN
Billy Butler – KC
Mike Moustakas – KC
Russell Martin – NYY
Jason Grilli – PIT
Jed Lowrie – HOU
Logan Schafer – MIL
Lance Lynn – STL
Phil Hughes – NYY
Bill Hall – NYY
Yadier Molina – STL
Evan Longoria – TB
Brett Cecil – TOR
Freddie Freeman – ATL
Brian Wilson – SFO
Jason Heyward – ATL
Casey McGehee – PIT
Chris Tillman – BAL
Franklin Gutierrez – SEA
Miguel Olivo – SEA
Miguel Cabrera – DET
Justin Smoak – SEA
Dexter Fowler – COL
Jaime Garcia – STL
Miguel Tejada – FA
Aubrey Huff – SFO
Vicente Padilla – BOS
Carlos Zambrano – MIA
Yonder Alonso – SD
Mark Teixeira – NYY
Dmitri Young – FA
Yoenis Cespedes – OAK
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- lyon810 - Mar 14, 2012 at 11:03 AM
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With Joanna Garcia as his wife, the least he could do is be in TBSOHL
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- randygnyc - Mar 14, 2012 at 11:07 AM
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Swisher, you’re least liked MLB player? That says more about you, than him. With all the cheaters, quitters, gold-brickers and wife beaters, really, Nick Swisher?
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- WhenMattStairsIsKing - Mar 14, 2012 at 3:21 PM
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Amen.
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- Gobias Industries - Mar 14, 2012 at 12:47 PM
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“This has to be the last one of these, right?” Pretty please?
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- natstowngreg - Mar 14, 2012 at 6:04 PM
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Perhaps there should be some sort of BSOHL time limit. Say, a week after the deadline for players to report to Spring Training. Not trying to be too restrictive here.
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- Kevin S. - Mar 14, 2012 at 8:58 PM
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I don’t get all the Swisher hate. Other than anti-stat luddites who couldn’t stand to see somebody from the Moneyball draft make it, I don’t understand at all. I’ve liked Swisher ever since his Oakland days. He’s personable, energetic, and a pretty good play. What’s to dislike?
