When you Swish upon a star...

2009 Topps #528 Nick Swisher

STAT

Check out Swisher's home/road splits so far in 2009:

Split    AB  R HR RBI   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS
Home    175 23  3  20 .200 .373 .309 .681
Away    237 44 20  52 .287 .370 .624 .994

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/3/2009.

This is really surprising, especially considering the frequency of homers hit at the New New Yankee Stadium this year.

Here are his career splits, including this year:

Split     AB   R HR RBI   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS
Home    1216 202 59 190 .237 .360 .445 .805
Away    1310 218 68 206 .252 .354 .469 .823

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/3/2009.

Trust me when I tell you that his career splits were just about even before this season. Weird, huh?

CARD

What a cool, wacky card! Let us count the ways:

• It's not a game shot or a posed shot but rather what appears to be an oddball spring training photo.
• Swisher's holding his bat in a very unusual manner, another rarity
• That halo & lightning bolt logo is pretty cool. It's for Ditek surge protectors.
• Swisher's got his tongue out, or something odd like that.
• Mainly, though, this card captures Swisher as he is: a man of the people. Swish is renowned for his affection toward the fans as well as his willingness to interact with them. This guy loves baseball and is having a damn fine season too.