he’s done nothing. bench Swisher for a game and start Gardner. we’d have Gardner’s speed the entire game, and with the bat he couldn’t do any worse. the benching may help Swisher snap out of it too. i’d already considered this game a loss when Swisher stepped in during the 9th with bases loaded and 2 out.

He could have helped the team by taking his bases loaded walk.

Dammit, that lost was so full of bullshit.

What is wrong with Swish during the ALCS? Don’t get me wrong, I like the guy but he has been far from clutch. That last pitch that he popped up probably woulda gave him a walk and tied the game…oh well…maybe Girardi does need to reconsider playin him off the bench or moving him down further in the lineup

Swisher plays. The guy is in a slump. I know that. But that doesn’t mean he can’t break out of it. Again, in the postseason, you play the players that got you to the postseason. Swisher hit 29 home runs and knocked in 80 runs this year. And he had a .400 OBP and works pitchers a LOT. Have you forgotten all of this? By the logic you guys are using, Teixeira should also be benching up until yesterday, because Teixeira wasn’t hitting either.

You can’t take Swisher out because of a little postseason slump. Other players have broken out of it. Why can’t Swish? Are you going to take out 30 home runs and 80 rbi for Gardner, who has spent most of his career in the minor leagues? Or Hairston, who is nothing more than a utility player?

I wish Swish was hitting better and I really hope he breaks out. But he can’t be, and will not be taken out of this lineup.

And last night, the blame of the game doesn’t go to Swisher. It goes to Phil Hughes, who throws a 1-2 fastball right down the middle to a player who swings at EVERYTHING! Bounce a curve and the inning is over. Throw a slider outside, and the inning is over. Vlad swings at EVERYTHING! He’s worse than Cano! And you throw it right down the middle? Come on Phil.