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Last year, i was trying to figure out why Swisher had such a bad season. I noticed he had strange home/away splits. He was his normal self at home (878 ops), and horrible on the road (596 ops). I also had noticed he had a horrid babip, so i assumed he just had bad luck with his babip on the road.
Well this season, i checked the same splits, and find that they're the exact opposite!. He is absolutely killing on the road with a 1.108 ops and a .685 in Jet Stream Stadium! Strange stuff man.

5 months ago Touched_pirate Cheezombie 4 comments 2 recs  | 

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I think Swisher

Will always have weird splits because he puts so few balls in play. Same with a guy like Cust. When you’re striking out a lot, walking a lot, and crushing a lot of fly balls that may or may not leave the park your stats are gonna fluctuate, esp if you’re looking at home/road splits over less than half a season and the sample size is still pretty small.

by swatnick on Jun 8, 2009 12:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

that makes sense

"It's like déjà vu all over again." -yogi berra

by Cheezombie on Jun 8, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice post...

"Where's the beef?"

by MMunoz33 on Jun 9, 2009 8:21 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Swisher is on Twitter

Not sure if this has been posted yet:

https://twitter.com/NickSwisher

Winning isn't everything, but it sure beats the hell out of losing.

by IHeartDwayneMurphy on Jun 12, 2009 10:23 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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