[閒聊] SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... NICK SWISHER

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By STEVE SERBY Last updated: 7:11 am April 19, 2009 Q: The first time you saw (the old) Yankee Stadium A: "Holy (cow)!" was the first thing that came out of my mouth! I can't believe I'm really here! To play on the same field with all the guys that have come through there - Babe, Gehrig, Mantle, Maris - the list goes on and on. Q: How do you think you and the Babe would have gotten along? A: (Laugh) I think me and the Babe, we mighta been road dogs! Q: The first time you put on the pinstripes? A: Oh, man! I made a statement to one of my buddies: "The New York Yankee uniform feels much more comfortable than any uniform I've ever put on in my life!" There's just something about it. Q: Derek Jeter? A: Captain...theman...awesome dude. Q: Mariano Rivera? A: Greatest closer of all time. Q: Jorge Posada? A: Ha! Georgie! He definately keeps me on my toes. He definately keep me in my place. We're always busting on each other. But once 7:05 comes around, talk about an intense individual! Q:A-Rod? A: Greatest ever. Just an awesome guy. Very misunderstood. Q: How so? A: If you guys knew him the we do, it would be a totally different outlook on him. Q: CC Sabathia? A: One of the biggest kids I've ever met. In my mind, the greatest left-handed pitcher in the game right now. And even better clubhouse guy. Q: A.J. Burnett? A: Wudeydo. That's my little inside nickname for him. Q:Joe Girardi? A: Never want to play for anybody else. There's just something about him, man. He brings everybody together. Best manager I ever played for. Q: Could you close for him if need be? A: (Laugh) I am leaving my career ERA at 0.00! Everyone else was throwing so hard. I was throwing so soft. My [pitching style] would be a combination of Mark Buehrle and Jamie Moyer. Q: You plan on living in NYC? A: Yup. Q: Any idea where? A: Upper East Side. Q: Favorite NYC things? A: The fact they can deliver food at any hour of night is pretty cool. Q: The poem your father gave you -- "The Guy in the Glass" -- constantly reminds you that someone is always working harder than you? A: Every time you look at that man in the mirror, you're looking at yourself. You need to make sure you gave it everything you had for that day. Q: Superstitions? A: I call them routines. Then we don't sound like weirdos. Q: What were you like in school? A: Trouble. Trouble. I was the kid in elementary school -- you get checks or check plus -- I would get N.I. for Needs Improvement (laugh). I was good in school -- I graduated with a 3.7, I wasn't a [dummy] -- but it was hard to keep my attention for a very long time. Q: The low point of your dismal 2008 season with the White Sox was not starting in the playoffs? A: When things are the hardest for you, that's when you learn the most. Either one of two things can happen -- you're gonna get knocked down and stay down, or you're gonna get back up. I got back up. I knew I still had a lot to prove. I lived in my dad's basement in Parkersburg, West Virginia I needed that guidance, and I needed him to get me back on the right track and to get the fire and drive for the game of baseball back. You have to have fun playing this game. . . . You never know when it's gonna be taken away from you. I temporarily lost that fire and passion I had for the game of baseball. Q: You started switch-hitting as a freshman at Ohio State? A: I used to goof around with it. We'd have Home Run Derby, my buddies would make me hit left-handed. Some scout told me, "You'd probably hit a lot more home runs if you hit left-handed." Whoever that guy is, if you're reading this -- thank you! Q: Where did you play Home Run Derby? A: Bennett Stump Field [Parkersburg, W. Va.], down at the city park. Q: What were the dimensions? A: 330 left field; 375 in the gap; 395, 400 straightaway; 330 in the right-center-field gap; about 340 down the right-field line. Q: Boyhood idol? A: My father [ex-Cubs catcher Steve Swisher]. I'm telling you man, to have a father as loving and as caring and as motivating as him, I just don't see anyone else in my life other than my grandmother I'd want to look up to. Q: You have a tattoo of your grandmother Betty Lorraine Swisher's initials across your heart? A: When my grandmother passed away [in 2005 from brain cancer], I lost my best friend. The closest person to me in my life was just taken from me. That was very hard. That's when I said to myself, "She loved watching you play ball. It's time to get going." Q: She raised you after your parents divorced. What made her so special to you? A: Have you ever seen the movie "Talladega Nights" with Will Ferrell? There's a line in there -- his mom brings "Granny love." She put Granny love down on me. She was a wonderful woman. I miss her every day. Q: What is Granny love? A: Just [a butt]-kicking, man. I'd step out of line, she wasn't afraid to put a whippin' on me. Q: You also have BLS and DES [Donald Eugene Swisher] -- your grandfather's initials -- on the inside of your batting gloves and the knob of your bat? A: I know they're watching down on me every day. I don't want to disappoint them. Q: You're single, so I can ask -- best city for groupies? A: They're not really around anymore. . . . If you want to go a city with the most beautiful women, obviously you have to say New York City. I'd also say Dallas, Texas. Q: The Yankees' spring training White House visit? A: Oh, it was amazing! Who would have thought I'd ever be standing in the Oval Office where some of the greatest and most important decisions of this country are being made? I couldn't get over that, man. It was an absolute blast. Q: Favorite movie? A: "For Love of the Game." Q: Favorite actor? A: George Clooney. Q: Favorite actress? A: Brittany Daniel. Q: Favorite entertainer? A: Kenny Chesney. Q: Favorite meal? A: Steak and potatoes. Q: Dinner guests? A: My grandmother and my grandfather. I'd like to have dinner with them one more time. http://www.nypost.com/seven/04192009/sports/yankees/servys_sunday_q__a_with ____nick_swisher_165180.htm -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 163.25.121.62