What's wrong with Nick Swisher?

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  To say that Nick Swisher has been a disappointment this year would be quite an understatement. After becoming a member of the Chicago White Sox via an offseason trade, Swisher is currently hitting .201/.330/.310 with four homers. What’s gone wrong?   To begin with, Swisher has been very unlucky on balls in play. His 22.5% line-drive percentage produces an ... [link]

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THT Live:Bad Luck Hitters
Published 6/2/2008 by Matthew Carruth at The Hardball Times
Bad Luck Hitters by Matthew Carruth June 02, 2008 Beyond the Box Score takes a peek at Nick Swisher to discover what's wrong with him this year and finds nothing more than bad luck so far. Another such player is ...

Beyond the Box Score: Bendix: What’s wrong with Nick Swisher?
Published 6/2/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Beyond the Box Score: Bendix: What’s wrong with Nick Swisher? Dunno...but he’s led my fantasy team into the filthy logiene of thick toilet swirls. Already this year Swisher has three fly balls to the warning track (out of 27 fly ball outs) in US Cellular Field. Last season, in McAfee Coliseum, Swisher didn’t have any fly balls caught at the warning track (out of 77 fly ball outs). Swisher has at least ten additional fly balls that have been caught on the warning track in various parks around the American League. Swisher’s underlying stats suggest that he is not any ...

Twins 2
Published 6/7/2008 by whitesoxpride at Inside the White Sox
... Hit three balls on the nose last night and must lead the AL in line drives caught ... check out the piece on Swisher of 2008 compared to Swisher of 2007. ...

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THT Live:Bad Luck Hitters

Beyond the Box Score takes a peek at Nick Swisher to discover what's wrong with him this year and finds nothing more than bad luck so far. Another such player is Adrian Beltre , who's core statistics are all at peak levels since 2004 but who is suffering from an absurd .239 BABIP
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