Swishing to Victory

The Yankees have won two games in a row and have reached .500.  Strong starts from AJ Burnett (formerly AJ Pavano) and Andy Pettitte have helped, but the key difference between the losses in games one and two and the wins in games three and four can be summed up in one word:  Swish.

Not swish as in girlish; Swish as in Swisher.  Nick Swisher.  The guy Xavier Nady supposedly beat out for the starting RF slot.

In two games, Swisher is 4 for 9 with 3 runs scored and 6 rbis.  Yesterday he had 3 hits and 5 rbis.  Today he had the key hit of the game, a double fourth inning that drove in a run and put Swisher on second, where he subsequently scored on Jeter’s ground out.

Meanwhile, Girardi’s choice for RF, Xavier Nady, is batting .231 with a .286 on base percentage, and 1 rbi.  Today he was where he belongs – the bench.

Nick Swisher is not going to win the batting title, nor will he hit 60 home runs, but he is a solid player who has helped jump start the Yankee offense.  He should play every day.

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