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Umpire Watch: Nicking Swisher

Controversial calls have become as much a part of the Major League Baseball postseason as Derek Jeter and patriotic bunting. In Umpire Watch, we intend to document those calls, at least until commissioner Bud Selig puts us out of business. I've said this on multiple occasions -- apologies if I'm going all broken record --...

Nick Swisher Tired of Talking About Rangers Ace Cliff Lee

Everyone on the planet knows that for the New York Yankees to win their American League Championship Series against the Texas Rangers they'll have to beat Cliff Lee in Game 7 to advance. New York right fielder Nick Swisher is sick of hearing about it. "You guys are talking about Cliff Lee?" said Swisher to a group of...

Mistake-Prone Rangers Head Home With ALCS Still in the Balance

NEW YORK -- The Texas Rangers sent out an invite in the early afternoon Wednesday telling their fans they'd have a chance to greet the team plane at DFW Airport in the wee small hours of Thursday morning. The hope was that the Rangers would be bringing a first-ever American League title in their carry-on. Instead, they...

Mark Teixeira Off Yankees' ALCS Roster; Lance Berkman Starts Game 5

NEW YORK -- With Mark Teixeira out of the lineup and off the roster Wednesday because of a strained right hamstring, the Yankees put Lance Berkman at first base for Game 5 of the AL Championship Series. Against Rangers lefty C.J. Wilson, Robinson Cano (.407 in the postseason) moved up from the No. 5 hole to take over in...

Umpire Watch: What's the Point of Replay if We Won't Even Use It?

Controversial calls have become as much a part of the Major League Baseball postseason as Derek Jeter and patriotic bunting. In Umpire Watch, we intend to document those calls, at least until commissioner Bud Selig puts us out of business. After two relatively uneventful days on the umpire front, it was a fascinating and...

Nick Swisher News From the Web

05/30/12 Angels blast Yankees for 8th straight win Source: Star-Gazette - Elmira NY Nick Swisher could only applaud the Angels' first impressive catch on a ball that he absolutely crushed.
05/30/12 Powerful Angels blast Yankees for 8th straight win Source: Daily Freeman - Kingston NY Nick Swisher could only applaud the Angels' first impressive catch on a ball that he absolutely crushed.
05/30/12 Postgame notes: âOne of the struggles that we've... Source: The LoHud Yankees Blog Pick which one you want to focus on, the bad luck or the bad at-bats, because the Yankees had a little of both tonight.
05/30/12 Angels 5, Yankees 1: Angels Beat Pettitte and the... Source: The New York Times - New York NY Pettitte, making his fourth start after a one-year retirement, gave up five runs in seven innings.
05/30/12 Angels top Yankees, Pettitte on Tuesday in Anaheim Source: Daily Record - Parsippany NJ As soon as Mark Trumbo made contact, Yankees starter Andy Pettitte dropped his head and slapped his glove.