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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Re: Swisher's only guaranteed action every day would be as a DJ on the iPod dock he regularly cranks up in the clubhouse to keep his teammates loose.
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He's set to earn $5.3MM in '09, $6.75MM in '10, $9MM in '11, and has a $10.25MM club option for '12 with a $1MM buyout. So, about $22MM over the next three years.
Yankees Acquire Nick Swisher: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
Great work if you can get it. A $5.3 million dollar a year job as a DJ with free dugout seats to all the Yankee games. Where do I apply for the job?
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He's set to earn $5.3MM in '09, $6.75MM in '10, $9MM in '11, and has a $10.25MM club option for '12 with a $1MM buyout. So, about $22MM over the next three years.
Yankees Acquire Nick Swisher: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
Great work if you can get it. A $5.3 million dollar a year job as a DJ with free dugout seats to all the Yankee games. Where do I apply for the job?
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mendensa
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speaking of Swisher's versatility? I just came across the Yanks/Rays highlights on ESPN and saw the Yanks staff got pounded (gave up 15 runs) and Swisher had to come in to save their pen. Pitched a scoreless inning in relief in the later innings it looks like. He can do it all and a great clubhouse guy too.
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Buckskin86
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUp7mMdxE48]YouTube - Nick Swisher pitching for the Yankees[/ame]
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Buckskin86
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SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... NICK SWISHER
By STEVE SERBY
April 19, 2009
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Yankee's new fun-loving right fielder.
COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGE
YANKEES BLOG
Q: The first time you saw (the old) Yankee Stadium
A: "Holy (cow)!" was the first thing that came out of my mouth! I can't believe I'm really here! To play on the same field with all the guys that have come through there - Babe, Gehrig, Mantle, Maris - the list goes on and on.
Q: How do you think you and the Babe would have gotten along?
A: (Laugh) I think me and the Babe, we mighta been road dogs!
Q: The first time you put on the pinstripes?
A: Oh, man! I made a statement to one of my buddies: "The New York Yankee uniform feels much more comfortable than any uniform I've ever put on in my life!" There's just something about it.
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... NICK SWISHER - New York Post
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Buckskin86;1459410; said:
so happy for him after the year he had in Chicago. I watched the hr he hit left handed. 3-2 changeup he took out to left field, great at bat.
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Buckskin86
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Nick Swisher honors memory of woman who raised him
BY Anthony Mccarron
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Saturday, May 9th 2009
Sipkin/News
Nick Swisher always keeps the memory of his grandmother - Betty Lorraine Swisher (below) - in his thoughts when on and off field.
The tattoo sits on his chest, right near Nick Swisher's heart: "BLS," his grandmother's initials, with angel's wings and a halo. It is a remarkable tribute to Betty Lorraine Swisher, the woman Swisher calls the love of his life and an inspiration.
Swisher will honor his grandmother today on Mother's Day, but that's nothing new - he does each day. "It's a big day for me," Swisher says, "but it's not the only day I think about her. I think about her every day."
Swisher's parents - his father, Steve, is a former major-league catcher - divorced when he was in eighth grade and he moved into his grandparents' house in Parkersburg, West Virginia. His grandmother kept the loquacious Swisher in line when he'd "get in trouble in school for talking out or being hyper," Swisher says.
"When she got ahold of me, that stopped real quick," Swisher adds, chuckling. "I always joke around that in the movie, 'Talladega Nights,' when she lays down the 'Granny Law,' that's exactly what grandma did for me. She turned me into a man, she really did, and I can't thank her enough for it."
Betty Swisher died of brain cancer on Aug. 14, 2005, and Swisher's beloved grandfather, Donald, died last November. Both are a part of his daily life, though, in part through a series of baseball rituals that any Yankee fan has probably noticed.
He has both of their initials scrawled on the bottom of the handle of all his bats and he usually kisses that spot before he goes to the plate. Then he looks upward to recognize them again.
"A lot of people ask me if I'm looking up at the sky, but the one thing that really helped me get through the tough times of losing those two were to give them the best seats in the house," Swisher says. "In my mind, that's the top of the stadium. At Yankee Stadium, it's actually the top of the Megatron (scoreboard screen), so I visualize them sitting there, watching me play. I know they're cheering for me. I just wish they could be here in person to see all this.
"They got to see me in the big leagues and that was important. People ask me about the way I play - having a blast, playing hard. I don't want to disappoint them, because they see everything. In my mind, after the game, they go back up to heaven and they're chilling, doing whatever they're doing.
"This world needs more people like them. I wish every day they could be here with me."
Read more: Nick Swisher honors memory of woman who raised him
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Buckskin86
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New York Yankees' Nick Swisher, team's resident character, loving life -- and baseball -- in the Bronx
by Marc Carig/The Star-Ledger
Sunday May 24, 2009
John Munson/The Star-Ledger
Nick Swisher salutes the crowd in right field after they chanted his name during the traditional first-inning role call during a game against the Red Sox earlier this month.
NEW YORK -- Before batting practice a few weeks ago, outfielder Nick Swisher was gathering his things when he learned about the latest way fans in New York have embraced his presence -- the website voteswisher.com. Built entirely by his fans, the site was created to ignite a grassroots write-in campaign with the goal of rewarding Swisher for his early season heroics with his first All-Star Game appearance.
Swisher didn't believe it at first, that fans would take the time to do such a thing. But within moments, he dropped his things and reached for the laptop hanging in front of his locker, a standard feature of the Yankees' new clubhouse. He had to see for himself.
A photograph showed a smiling Swisher with two fans in front of the players parking lot at Yankee Stadium.
"Swisher is a player who gets it," the site intro reads. "He is a throwback player who is always hustling and working hard; and he is great with the fans."
"No way," Swisher said, as he scrolled through the site. "This is awesome! That makes you feel all warm inside."
With that, one more chapter in the blossoming love story between Nick Swisher and Yankees fans was written.
"This is the most fun I've had playing the game of baseball in a while," he said.
New York Yankees' Nick Swisher, team's resident character, loving life -- and baseball -- in the Bronx - NJ.com
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Good story. It's neat when a person is appreciated for what they do in the environment in which they are immersed. Too often it's 'why can't you hit 5 HR's a night, like you did in......." or whatever. From all I have read, Swisher is a pretty good fellow, and enjoys the game for what it is. Heck, anytime one can make millions playing a game is pretty special, I'd think. I'm very glad for Nick, Message to Nick => make it last as long as it is still enjoyable.......
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