Nick Swisher ...... Postseason Futility with RISP Continues

[OFFNY]

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Although last night's Yankees-Tigers playoff game was suspended after an inning and-a-half, a postseason futility streak continued when Nick Swisher grounded out with a runner on 3rd base to end the bottom of the first inning ...... Swisher is now 0-for-26 with RISP in the postseason for his entire career, dating back to his days with the Athletics and the White Sox.

Nick Swisher with RISP in the Postseason:

2006:.. 0-for-4

2008:.. 0-for-1

2009:.. 0-for-10

2010:.. 0-for-10

2011:.. 0-for-1

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TOTAL:. 0-for-26

[OFFNY]

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He did it. He didn't get an RBI because it was only a single, and the runner from second base did not score ....... but he did get a hit with a RISP. He's now 1-for-29 in his career in the postseason.

N Swisher singled to left, A Rodriguez to third, M Teixeira to second.

[OFFNY]

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He is now 1 - for - 31 in his career in the postseason with RISP.

Don't worry, Nick. The drunks and the degenerates in the right-field bleachers at Yankee Stadium still love you. All you have to do is keep kissing up to them with a salute when they do their first inning roll call.

[crissfan172]

Awwwww...

Couldn't happen to a bigger tool.

[Palmoripken]

So where are the Yankees fans hating on Swisher for not being a true Yankee the way they did A-Rod who also struggled in the clutch but I doubt was 1 for frigging 31.

[OFFNY]

So where are the Yankees fans hating on Swisher for not being a true Yankee the way they did A-Rod who also struggled in the clutch but I doubt was 1 for frigging 31.

I guess that their hate is based on a monetary sliding scale ...... since Rodriguez' $33 Million salary is more than 3 times that of Swisher's $10.5 Million salary, they must feel that Swisher has to choke at least 3 times as much as Rodriguez does in order to get the same amount of their wrath.

[Palmoripken]

I guess that their hate is based on a monetary sliding scale ...... since Rodriguez' $33 Million salary is more than 3 times that of Swisher's $10.5 Million salary, they must feel that Swisher has to choke at least 3 times as much as Rodriguez does in order to get the same amount of their wrath.

So he needs to go 1-91 . You can do it Nick. I believe in you!

[OFFNY]

So he needs to go 1-91 . You can do it Nick. I believe in you!

I don't think that that would even do it. As long as "Swish" keeps saluting the dregs in the right-field bleachers of Yankee Stadium during the first inning role call, they'll keep thinking that he's a swell guy, even if he goes 1-for-180 with RISP.

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HARPER: Joe Girardi's Excuse of "Bad Luck" in Postseason doesn't Fly

...... In short, if this were the only postseason in which Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, and Nick Swisher came up empty then it would be reasonable to dismiss their failures as insignificant or even fluky.

Only it isn't. Teixeira has hit .170 over 106 at-bats in his three Yankee postseasons, with three home runs and 12 RBI.

Swisher has hit .160 over 100 at-bats in his three Yankee postseasons, with four solo home runs, and five RBI.

A-Rod is more complicated, of course. He carried the Yankees to their 2009 world championship with one of the great postseason performances of all time, seemingly ridding himself forever of the label of October choker.

In the two years since, however, he has hit .180 over 50 at-bats, with two doubles, no home runs, and six RBI. For his six Yankee postseasons other than 2009, A-Rod has hit .224 over 143 at-bats with four home runs and 15 RBI.

Those aren't the smallest of samples, folks. And I sure don't remember the three of them being robbed on a nightly basis, especially in this latest series against the Tigers .......

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo John Harper

ENTIRE ARTICLE: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2011/10/12/2011-10-12_yank_clutch_needs_work.html

[Tony-OH]

Do you want me to change the title of this thread to "OFFNY's hysterically funny hatred of Nick Swisher continues"?

[OFFNY]

Do you want me to change the title of this thread to "OFFNY's hysterically funny hatred of Nick Swisher continues"?

Nope. I'll let Swisher's clutch numbers speak for themselves. Besides, I didn't write this article. It's from a sportswriter from a New York newspaper, not me. "Swish" has caught the attention of their eyes, too.

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