QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 02:53 PM)
The Yankees did look to trade him but Nady got hurt so early that put the kabash on that. And Swisher is far from league average in CF. All indications were that Swisher was problems in the clubhouse last year and has a reputation of being selfish. I'm completely fine having gotten rid of him. It's funny you say it is "blind Nick Swisher hate" when there are a lot of reasons to be disgusted with him. You apparently somehow havent seen any of them yet.
Get over it, man. Nick Swisher is good at baseball. He had one bad year, just because it was our team, doesn’t make it logical to make baseless accusations about the guy. With every other team he’s been on he’s gotten along absolutely famously with every member of the team. We have no idea what happened least year outside of Joe Cowley pursing some weird sort of vendetta against the guy. Maybe Ozzie crossed a line, maybe Swisher just reaction poorly to being benched for Dewayne f***ing Wise. All I know is that the Yankees have no regrets over getting Nick Swisher, and the sox have Jeff Marquez and Wilson Betemit. Outside of last year, Nick Swisher was the class clown who kept the clubhouse light, now he’s the anti-Christ that’s an impressive fall from grace.