OTD 2009

Nick Swisher brought some rare humor to a New York Yankees team when he made his one and only MLB pitching appearance:

The Yankees Morality Police will be out in force because Nick Swisher had the audacity to smile on the mound tonight when he was pitching in a 10-run game. This will no doubt be a big issue on the radio tomorrow. 

You know what? Get over it. It was 15-5 and they asked a guy to pitch who hadn’t pitched since his freshman year of high school.

The best part was when he shook Jose Molina off, even through there were no signs. When he struck Gabe Kapler out, Swish rolled the ball into the dugout for a souvenir. Hilarious.

Derek Jeter thought it was amusing because it was Swisher. “He’s not going to stop talking about it,” the captain said.

Of course, the old guard stick-in-the-mud must rear it's ugly head.

But Jorge Posada was not amused. “Nobody was laughing,” he said. “I think today was embarrassing.” Maybe so. But Swisher is hitting .450 and has 10 RBI. Maybe everybody should have what he’s having.

Of course Swish's personality became the one thing that allowed the Yankees loosen up as a team, and them winning the World Series 6 months is no coincidence to me.

And of course the fans never let him forgot it.