Swisher, World Series champion Yankees a good fit
Ah, to be young, well-paid and a Yankee. That’s what Nick Swisher is. You could almost say that he has, pardon the cliche, the world by the proverbial tail. Heck, he’s reportedly dating, according to People magazine, actress Joanna Garcia. Party time. Swisher will be celebrating his 29th birthday later this month. In some ways, it’ll be party time all this Thanksgiving November for the former Parkersburg Big Reds baseball player and current member of the World Series champion New York Yankees. While Swisher struggled in the WS, hitting .133 with one homer and one double in five game appearances, he had a solid overall regular season in 2009, batting .249 with 29 home runs and 82 RBIs. An argument could be made that the first-year Yankee might have been one of the missing pieces in the Bronx Bombers puzzle. Before he arrived from the Chicago White Sox, the Yankees had not claimed a World Series since 2000. What Swisher brought to the New York table was an intangible.
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A few years ago, when I was with the Parkersburg News & Sentinel, sports broadcaster Steve Daughterty — who died Sunday — put me in touch with Nick Swisher.
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A few years ago, when I was with the Parkersburg News & Sentinel, sports broadcaster Steve Daughterty — who died Sunday — put me in touch with Nick Swisher.
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