Swisher

 Trust me-- I was there.  We didn't have a hit until Nick Swisher's single with two outs in the fifth.  

You can't be fooled by eight wins in a row.  Sweeping Cleveland was great for us, there's no doubt about it.  But if we can't hit, it doesn't make a difference.  It'll be the same as last season if our hitting doesn't pick up.  In the last two games we have a total of seven hits.  On Friday our pitching held the Angels to just three hits (we had four), and we STILL lost!

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 We have the (relative) speed and versatility of Quentin and Swisher (and, on occasion, Brian Anderson), and the canon attached to a human body that is Jermaine Dye.  Not only that, but look at the hitters we're supposed to have.  Jermaine, Paulie, and Thome can all hit the ball several hundred miles, and Crede and Quentin could easily provide the extra run support every team needs.

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