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Just because I want to....

I haven't been on here in a while, maybe this has been posted before.....but I just stumbled upon it and wanted to share.

For anyone that can remember, I am obsessed with Swisher. Always have been and always will be. I was just killing time at work today and went to his website and found a link for www.voteswisher.com.

I think it's great! It's a site started by Yankees fans to write him into the All-Star ballot. Yes, I know he's not on our team anymore. Yes, I know he plays for the enemy. I was worried about his move the NY. I went to one game there last summer, and that was more then enough. NYY fans are brutal. I thought there was no way they'd love him like we did (Or still do), but they're getting pretty damn close.

I thought, maybe,.....for old-time sake, maybe we could just write Swisher in. Just once.....

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I miss Swisher too

Before he left, he was my favorite player.

I’d be happy to give him a vote.

"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."

-Charles Manson

by kaweahkaweah on May 13, 2009 12:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Why don't we, you know,

spend the energy to write one of our own players in? Just a thought.

Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.

by pam5981 on May 13, 2009 3:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Suzuki's on the ballot already though

The only offensive players on the All-Star ballot filled in by fans at the park are each team’s theoretical starting lineup. As such, Swisher won’t be on the ballot, but Suzuki already is.

An example of a hypothetical write-in candidate for the A’s would be Landon Powell.

Batting 4th for the 2014 San Jose A's: 26-year-old RF Justin Upton, in the 1st season of a nine year, $250M deal.

by notsellingjeans on May 13, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crosby

so versatile

"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
-Wayne Gretzky"
-Michael Scott

by scatterbrian on May 13, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's no Bugs Bunny

"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack

by GoA's on May 13, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah - who else but Bugs

do YOU know that struck out the side on ONE PITCH? :)

"Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, doctor, and I'm happy to state that I've finally won out over it." -- Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart), "Harvey"

by Derwood13 on May 14, 2009 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i like swisher but........

a spot gained for the yankees is a spot lost for 100 other players who are deserving…….
i would rather write in someone thats on our team right now……..

by Wreckonized on May 13, 2009 4:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have a strange feeling

that New York will be well-represented.

Dig Swish, but the less Yankees the better. Same goes for the Red Sox.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on May 13, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here's a hypothetical

If I wrote in a vote for Papi, would it count?

"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack

by GoA's on May 13, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow 67M

Your disdain of the Yankees runs so deep you eschew proper grammar when writing of them. Less Yankees indeed.

"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack

by GoA's on May 13, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he means that the skinny Yankees are better than the fat ones.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on May 14, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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