Nick Swisher Quotations

What a comeback,'' A's manager Ken Macha said.

Let's get those left-field bleacher boys ready to go. I had a great time in right last year, but left field is where it's always been.

No one ever thought Mark Ellis could do this. He's a name to be remembered. If people don't know who he is, turn on the television and check him out. If he doesn't win comeback player, that's ridiculous.

People were yelling and all of a sudden I heard them. I figured it was time to go.

He made a little adjustment. No one in here is worried about that guy. All you have to do is look on the back of his baseball card and know that everything is going to be all right.

Good for him. I'm glad to have him back.

I think it's going to be awesome. I don't think there's any other way to put it. Emotions will be running high. All the guys in this clubhouse know what we have, and other people are starting to pay attention, so we'll just have to go out and prove it.

Last year, I was horrible with the bases loaded. I was like, 'Oh, man, oh, man,' I'd get jittery. Now, I'm not the guy who's in trouble, it's the guy on the mound who's in trouble.

People always talk about having two different swings, an aluminum bat swing and a wood swing. It is one of those things where you have to make an adjustment. But if you want to play at this level you have to be able to do that.

Our hitters know what we're capable of doing. It's just going to take us a little time to get rocking and rolling.

That was huge. The way things have been going, to pull off a win like we did today, especially with a long road trip ahead of us, it gives us momentum and confidence.

That was really neat, ... I never imagined that it would end up that way when the game started.

I wasn't trying to think very much today, I was just going up there to see it and hit it, ... Sometimes you can think about it too much.

When you see someone get as hot as he's been, it's usually for one or two weeks. He's been doing it for two months. If he doesn't get the Comeback Player of the Year award, it's just ridiculous. No one else should be in the running.

We battled to get in this spot, and we've got to feel proud about what we've accomplished, ... We just want to keep it going right now; we just need to keep riding that wave.

There are no words or anything you can say. Nobody thought Mark Ellis could do this. For those who don't know who he is, they better turn on the TV and check him out.

You blink and it's in the mitt. He struck me out with a 101-m.p.h. fastball. I didn't really see it. I kind of heard it whiz right past me. Very select few people can throw the ball that hard. He's going to be a tough one. You're going to have to bring your 'A' game every time you see him.

We've had this stretch before, and we've bounced right back. The difference is, there's a lot more riding right now. We've just got to dig deep, keep plugging along and see what happens.

We've had this kind of stretch before and bounced back. There's just a little more at stake right now. There's still a lot of baseball left and we know how to come from behind.

D.J. can flat-out hit, holy smokes. I'm looking for big things from him.

First one, man, but it's hard to enjoy it when you lose the game. It got us back in the game and I thought there was some momentum shift. I know I was excited.

I've been here for a couple weeks. I've been too excited to get back at it, man. Spring Training couldn't start soon enough for me.

The way things have been going, to pull off a win like this gives us momentum and confidence. The way it happened was cool.

It's the old-school A's. I think there are six or seven guys who have a chance to hit 20 homers in that lineup, and maybe more. It's really exciting to see what's going to happen. I'm juiced and I know everyone else is excited too.

It's almost like last year. We're right on the verge. We'll get things going. But for everyone in the AL West, it's the same thing right now. Someone is going to emerge from it, and hopefully, it's us.

It's gonna be awesome to see him out there. He's just looked incredible in batting practice, so it's gonna be fun to see him take that out onto the field.

It's been awhile, ... It was great. ... I wasn't trying to think much today. Just see it and hit it. Sometimes you break it down too much and it hurts you. I think that's what I've been doing.

You tip your hat. That was an unbelievable pitch. All I can say is it wasn't our night.

It's so fan-friendly. It looks nice, it's a great idea. From last year, I know there were a lot of problems in the upper deck, and I don't know how good those seats could even be. This brings the fans close to the field, and we'll be able to interact more with them.

The biggest thing is that there are no more excuses. We can't say we don't know what's going to happen -- we've been through it once. Now it's time to go to work.

That's a huge sign for me, when I hit the ball out to left field. That gives me a lot of confidence. You just let the pitch dictate what you do. That's something you never see the great players do, over-swing -- I do that, I over-swing. Tonight, I didn't feel like I was swinging hard, just nice and easy.

I had so many things going through my head, ... To be able to come out on top is nice, being able to get a couple hits. Now she has a front-row seat at every game.

I never imagined this when the day started and I wasn't playing, ... I was excited to get the opportunity in that spot. We got so many clutch hits that we needed, especially form our big guys, Kotsay and Chavez.

If you didn't love that game, you don't love baseball,

His command of both sides of the plate was ridiculous. He really has a nasty cutter, and he was using it well against righties and lefties. He's tough enough as it is, and tonight he was extra tough.

He's the best young pitcher I've seen this season. You couldn't sit on his fastball because he had such a good curve and a change. And his fastball moved. He was tough.

I don't know if his leg was hurt or not, ... All of a sudden, we were like, 'What's going on here?' But that's just typical A's baseball, you know?

Everyone knows an ant, can't, move a rubber tree plant.

It's been like that all spring. It's just that balls decided to hang up there. It's hard to catch it when you can't see it. But that's how it's going to be in Oakland in the afternoon anyway.

I'm being a lot more consistent, trying to make every swing look the same. I'm doing what the situation calls for and trying not to do too much.

I woke up this morning and I said to my self, 'Self, I think we need to party today'.

You can't really look at what other teams are doing. The rest of the season's in our hands.

All you have to do is look at the back of his baseball card and know he'll be all right.