In most cases, we make every attempt to remain professional and unbiased in our website's views and opinions. Despite the fact that our staff are die hard Yankee fans, our goal is to away bring you hard facts, whittling out the emotional knee jerk reactions that have become most fan sites.

We say in most cases, because frankly, this is not one of those times.

WE GOT NICK SWISHER! WE GOT NICK SWISHER! WE GOT NICK SWISHER! WE GOT NICK SWISHER! WE GOT NICK SWISHER! WE GOT NICK SWISHER! WE GOT NICK SWISHER! WE GOT NICK SWISHER! WE GOT NICK SWISHER! WE GOT NICK SWISHER! WE GOT NICK SWISHER!

AHHHAHAHAHAAHAH!!! WAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Ok, now back to normal-ness.

The Yankees acquired outfielder/first baseman Nick Swisher from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Wilson Betemit and two minor leaguers (the Bombers picked up a sinkerballing minor leaguer as well).

We can not begin to stress how huge this deal is for the organization, as well as for my personal video gaming pleasures. I'm possibly Nick Swisher's biggest fan, and usually wind up overpaying to get him to play for the Bombers in the MLB 2K Sports franchise series, so this year, I won't have to!

We'd like to point out that, yes, Swisher had possibly the worst batting average (.217) among active players to qualify for the batting crown, but we can explain. Chicago misused Swisher, making him their leadoff guy, when he has no right leading off a lineup.

Swisher's ability to work the count fits in nicely with a perenial patient Yankee lineup, and would be a great #6 or #7 batter in the lineup. Swisher's acquisition is an excellent insurance policy, in the case the Bombers can't land Teixeira.

So, in conclusion, great move on the Yankees end, picking up a quality bat and getting rid of Wilson Betemit in the process.

Alfredo Aceves pitched six strong innings, only allowing two runs, but Phil Coke wound up with the win as the Yankees beat the ChiSox 4-2.

Xavier Nady homered in the second inning off Mark Buerhle, and Wilson Betemit drove in the go ahead run with a ground rule double in the seventh to put the Yanks up for good.

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Damon LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.305
D Jeter SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.304
B Abreu RF	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	.301
A Rodriguez 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.305
J Giambi 1B	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	.251
R Cano PR-2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260
X Nady DH	3	2	1	2	1	0	3	.283
C Ransom 2B-1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.364
C Moeller C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222
a-W Betemit PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.265
J Molina C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218
B Gardner CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.170
Totals	31	4	9	4	2	6	14
a-hit a ground rule double to deep left center for C Moeller in the 7th
BATTING 2B: B Abreu (38, M Buehrle); J Giambi (18, M Buehrle); W Betemit (10, H Ramirez) HR: X Nady (11, 2nd inning off M Buehrle 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: X Nady 2 (33), W Betemit (24), J Damon (63) S: C Ransom 2-out RBI: J Damon Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: C Ransom 1, C Moeller 1, A Rodriguez 1 Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: B Abreu (19, 2nd base off M MacDougal/A Pierzynski) CS: B Gardner (1, 2nd base by M Buehrle)

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Aceves	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	87-60	1.80
P Coke (W, 1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	0.00
J Chamberlain (H, 15)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	17-12	2.56
M Rivera (S, 36)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-6	1.52
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	121-85
PITCHING Batters faced: A Aceves 23; P Coke 3; J Chamberlain 4; M Rivera 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Aceves 6-8; P Coke 1-1; J Chamberlain 1-0; M Rivera 3-0

Scoring Summary
			CHW	NYY
	2nd	X Nady homered to center, J Giambi scored.	0	2
	4th	D Wise homered to right, O Cabrera scored.	2	2
	7th	W Betemit hit a ground rule double to deep left center, X Nady scored.	2	3
	7th	J Damon singled to right, W Betemit scored.	2	4

Oliver Perez must have been auditioning for his role in the rotation yesterday; he pitched one of the best games of his career. Perez struck out eight Yankee hitters en route to a 3-1 victory. The Mets officially won the season series against the Yanks, only the second time since Interleague began.
In what was a quiet day for Yankee bats, Wilson Betemit hit a solo homer to score the Yankees only run.

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Damon LF	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.316
D Jeter SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.284
A Rodriguez 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.322
J Posada 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.287
W Betemit 2B	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	.266
M Cabrera CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.246
J Molina C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.225
J Christian RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
D Rasner P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
a-C Moeller PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254
D Robertson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b-J Giambi PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
E Ramirez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	32	1	4	1	0	10	7
a-flied out to left for D Rasner in the 6th b-flied out to left for D Robertson in the 8th
BATTING HR: W Betemit (4, 7th inning off O Perez 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: W Betemit (12) 2-out RBI: W Betemit Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: W Betemit 1, J Posada 1, J Molina 1 Team LOB: 4
FIELDING DP: 1 (W Betemit-D Jeter-J Posada). PB: J Molina.

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Rasner (L, 4-6)	5.0	8	2	2	3	3	1	102-59	4.42
D Robertson	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	33-22	4.50
E Ramirez	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13-9	3.46
Totals	8.0	12	3	3	3	4	1	148-90
PITCHING WP: D Robertson IBB: B Schneider (By D Rasner) Batters faced: D Rasner 26; D Robertson 9; E Ramirez 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Rasner 5-7; D Robertson 2-3; E Ramirez 0-3

Scoring Summary
			NYY	NYM
	2nd	L Castillo reached on infield single to shortstop, E Chavez scored, B Schneider to third, J Reyes to second.	0	1
	3rd	C Delgado homered to right center.	0	2
	6th	D Wright hit sacrifice fly to right, J Reyes scored, L Castillo to third.	0	3
	7th	W Betemit homered to left.	1	3